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Budget 2025 in figures for farmers
Anne O'Donoghue
An overview of the main payments and reliefs for farmers in Budget 2025.
8 September 2024 News
Latest exchequer data shows Government is swimming in cash
Minister for Finance Jack Chambers should use his budget windfall to support Ireland’s largest indigenous industry.
21 August 2024 News
Active farmers are not land hoarders, Taoiseach says on RZLT
Taoiseach Simon Harris signalled that policy changes targeting investor interests in farmland are something he "could give consideration to".
Strong upward momentum in the public capital programme for sports projects
The Public Spending Code has come to be regarded as a hindrance by politicians and lobby groups.
7 August 2024 Viewpoints
Evaluation of State capital project spending
The best defence against waste in the capital programme would be a Public Investment Act placing the public spending code on a statutory basis.
31 July 2024 Viewpoints
Irish government spending to top €105bn in 2025
There is little in the Summer Statement to indicate agriculture will be a priority in the coming budget.
10 July 2024 News
Shortfalls in infrastructure
The record of oversight on State capital spending, particularly on big once-off projects, has been poor.
26 June 2024 Viewpoints