The Taoiseach has said he expects the Cabinet to finalise details of the Budget tomorrow.
Enda Kenny said the tax and expenditure elements of the Budget were nearing completion.
He said next week's Budget will show people that the economic sacrifices they had made in recent years were beginning to pay off.
There was a need to manage expectations, he said, adding that there were still frailties in the economy.
He said there was not money for everything and the Government would not introduce a "blank cheque Budget" by any means.
The Coalition would put in place a Budget that was different from the last three years, he said, to build on progress made.
He said it would recognise that Irish people had put their shoulder to the wheel to deal with the economic downturn.
Mr Kenny also said confidence was surging in many sectors of the economy, but there was a need to "develop stimulation" for the construction sector.
He said there was a great need for an increased supply of houses to deal with demand in many areas.
Mr Kenny said it was intended that tomorrow morning's Cabinet meeting would sign-off on the details.
The Budget will be announced on Tuesday afternoon by ministers Michael Noonan and Brendan Howlin.
The Taoiseach was speaking at a conference in Westport, Co Mayo to publicise the new 'Saolta' hospital group.
Saolta is the new name for the Health Service Executive's West/North West Hospital Group.
It takes in hospitals from Letterkenny to Galway, including those in Roscommon, Sligo and Castlebar.
Elsewhere, Mr Howlin has indicated that he will begin the process of reversing public sector wage cuts next year.
The Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform was replying to a question from Socialist Party leader Joe Higgins during this morning's Minister's Questions in the Dáil.
Mr Howlin said he hopes to open negotiations next year to have an "orderly unwinding" of the pay cuts.
Mr Higgins had asked when the "savage cuts" to the pay of middle and low-income public sector workers would be reversed.
Tánaiste Joan Burton has said she is not at liberty to disclose details of the Budget in relation to mental health.
Speaking during Leaders' Questions, Ms Burton said there were "extensive and intensive" ongoing discussions between the Departments of Public Expenditure and Reform, the Department of Finance and ministers Leo Varadkar and Kathleen Lynch.
She was responding to Fianna Fáil's health spokesperson Billy Kelleher, who said 91 children were admitted to adult psychiatric units in 2013.
He called on the Government to ensure there would be funding for the most vulnerable in the Budget, pointing out that it only spent €20m of the €35m it ring-fenced for mental health.
