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Economics Correspondent The Minister for Finance, Paschal Donohoe, has said expenditure by the Government will be higher than the average 3.5% increase in core spending detailed in the Stability Programme Update. Minister Donohoe was responding to a question from Sinn Féin spokesperson on finance, Pearse Doherty, at an appearance before the Oireachtas Committee on Budgetary Oversight this afternoon. The Minister said decisions on future spending will depend on Covid-related expenditure, the estimates process and government decisions over time. He accepted that it would be higher than 3.5% a ...

Updated / Monday, 26 Apr 2021 16:07 Michael McGrath said the Government will finalise its approach for Covid supports beyond the end of June, when they are due to finish The Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform has said there will be "no abrupt end" to the Covid financial supports. Over the coming weeks, Michael McGrath said the Government will finalise its approach for those supports beyond the end of June, when they are due to finish. The Minister said the Government will be very careful in any decisions it makes and the supports will continue at the full rates at least until the end...

Irish jobs market accelerates as industries prepare for lifting of lockdown restrictions New jobs figures  '); The Irish jobs market has experienced an increase in job vacancies in the first three months of this year as industries prepare for the steady lifting of lockdown restrictions, according to the latest Irish Jobs Index from e-recruitment platform IrishJobs.ie. The index, which analyses quarterly job vacancy data reveals that job postings for Q1 2021, were up 34% when compared to Q4 2020, showing early signs of an accelerated jobs market for the year ahead in line with the ongoing ...

Speech Keynote address by Minister Donohoe to Central Bank, ESRI & EIB Webinar 'Enterprise financing and investment in Ireland - tackling the challenges of COVID-19, digitalisation and climate change' INTRODUCTION Thank you to Stephen for your introduction, and to the joint hosts of this webinar, the Central Bank, ESRI and EIB. Thanks to the Kemmy Business School at the University of Limerick for their support of the event. Today I would like to talk to you about the financing of our domestic enterprises and how this links to the Government’s economic response to the pandemic,...

Government injects 970 million euros into TAP this year By TPN/Lusa, in News, Business · 17-04-2021 16:00:00 · 0 Comments The government plans to inject 970 million Euros in TAP this year, a measure classified as temporary and whose effect on public accounts is reversed in 2022 and 2023, according to the Stability Programme (PE) The figure is included in a table of invariant measures in the document approved on 15 April in th...