Dublin: The Ireland budget 2023 package, to be announced tomorrow, is set to exceed the €6.7 billion outlined in the Summer Economic Statement. Critical discussions in this regard are in progress between the ministers and the coalition leaders in the government. The budget will be presented in Parliament tomorrow. Party leaders will meet again tonight ahead of tomorrow's cabinet meeting to sign off on the 2023 budget. This is the highest budget to deal with inflation not seen in decades.
The government has approved a €12 increase in weekly welfare payments and the state pension in measures to be announced tomorrow. A €500 tax credit for renters has also been approved, with immediate effect.
Every household is set to pay a payment of €600 to cover rising electricity bills. It will be paid in installments before and after Christmas. This follows the meeting held by the government this morning with the Minister of Finance and Minister of Public Expenditure.
Following discussions this morning, it was decided to extend the Help to Buy scheme for first-time home buyers by two years.
€1,000 will be cut from the third-level fee this year, and €500 in 2023, subject to a household income limit of €100,000 per year. A 25% cut in childcare fees from next year is also expected to be a key part of tomorrow's Budget.
This year's budget contains a special living-of-living package of one-off supports to be paid before the end of 2022. A one-off payment of €500 is likely to be included for carers of disabled people.
The government is expected to sign off on a major increase to the point of paying a higher rate of tax, raising the band to around €40,000. Double welfare payments are also expected soon after the budget.
Parents of primary school children will receive free school books from next September after Education Minister Norma Foley requested €47 million in funding in the Budget. The student-teacher ratio in primary schools will also decrease to 23:1 in 2023.
An extension to public transport ticket price reductions, a key Green Party priority, has also been agreed to 2023 - to be announced tomorrow.
People said they would see significant reductions in childcare costs, and childcare in Ireland is "very expensive". "Obviously we will see the figures announced in the Budget tomorrow, but recognizing the high cost of childcare for families across the country and how the shortages there will have a meaningful impact on families is a consideration in my Budget debate," said Roderick O'Gorman, Minister for Children.
Government sources say the government introduced a benchmark for social welfare payments in 2007, which was benchmarked against average earnings at the time, and that benchmark will be reinstated. Social Justice Ireland has not sought an increase of €34, but it is calling for an extra €20, presumably to offset the impact of inflation.
It is hinted that the income limit for taxation in the country may be raised in the budget. It is currently believed that it may change from 36,800 euros to 40,000 euros.
Small businesses and farms will benefit from a new scheme, which will pay 40% of gas and electricity increases that businesses face, with a maximum limit of €10,000 per month per business.
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