Budget 2011

[Slipper1]

So on a scale of 1 to 10 how fupped are we?

Lowrey says he'll back it - Mattie McGrath says he's unlikley to; Thats 81-81 apparently with Jacky HR still to declare. God help us.

[Slipper1]

4c on Petrol & 2c on Diesel according to Newstalk.
Ciggs & drink get off scott free.

[Slipper1]

IT reporting that Child Benefit down by a tenner (20 for third child)
Jobseekers allowance down by €9

[sarah_lennon]

Don't understand the cigarettes & drink. They put the levy down on booze last time out, would be fairly pain free to put it back up.

Petrol stations have already put the price up so it'll really be up 6/7c by this time tomorrow.

Disability usually follows jobseekers

PAYE to be fudged, again

[sarah_lennon]

Thats 81-81

Ceann Comhairle has casting vote if it's a tie. Captain Kirk will vote with Govt

[sheepshagger]

Don't understand the cigarettes & drink. They put the levy down on booze last time out, would be fairly pain free to put it back up.

Petrol stations have already put the price up so it'll really be up 6/7c by this time tomorrow.

Disability usually follows jobseekers

PAYE to be fudged, again

They need to be careful with ciggs as higher prices increases the use of dodgy imported stuff, increased drink prices can also drive people North meaning this state misses out on the VAT on that and other items whilst people are doing their shipping up there).

[sheepshagger]

Good to hear of the salary cap in the semi state sector. . . .a complete farce that the head of the DAA earns more than the French Prime Minister!

[Mackman15]

Petrol stations have already put the price up so it'll really be up 6/7c by this time tomorrow.

The Basc-tards 138.9 in our local spot, put that up another 4 cent and its an Evening Hearld short of €80 to fill my tank...

[Mackman15]

Good to hear of the salary cap in the semi state sector. . . .a complete farce that the head of the DAA earns more than the French Prime Minister!

And will continue to do so...... The cap is for new entrants obviously.

[Mackman15]

Thats 81-81

Ceann Comhairle has casting vote if it's a tie. Captain Kirk will vote with Govt

There's a Grandstanding by JHR that will take place long before Captain Kirk will be called on.
Indeed, Lucinda (et al) may even cause an 89th minute upset.

[Mackman15]

It's all agreed that it's going to be painful but hopefully there is going to be something in it that will be positve and just might give a spark to various sectors of the economy, be it the travel tax or the home energy saving scheme....... something!!

[Scott]

Good to hear of the salary cap in the semi state sector. . . .a complete farce that the head of the DAA earns more than the French Prime Minister!

What are you on about the head of Coillte more than deserves his 450k plus annual salary. Those trees dont just grow themselves

[Slipper1]

It's all agreed that it's going to be painful but hopefully there is going to be something in it that will be positve and just might give a spark to various sectors of the economy, be it the travel tax or the home energy saving scheme....... something!!

Travel tax down from 10 to 2 apparently..

various sources mainly twitter feeds from IT, RTE & The Journal who just take their news from the first two

[Leinsterman]

4c on Petrol & 2c on Diesel according to Newstalk.

Brilliant idea .... it'll increase transportation costs and therefore will increase the cost to do business.
Just what we need at the moment, inflationary costs to businesses when we're deflating the economy.
Genius.

[Leinsterman]

or the home energy saving scheme....... something!!

Keep an eye out for the NERP - National Energy Retrofit Programme.
There will be a lot of government money plunged into it .... a lot of which is ringfenced funding from the Carbon Tax.

[sarah_lennon]

Travel tax down from 10 to 2 apparently..

Damage done on that one I fear.

VAT to go up (this yr or next?) - they should leave it the same. The VAT is going up in the North

Real interesting stuff in health will be snuck in later in the week

[Oldschool]

Thats 81-81

Ceann Comhairle has casting vote if it's a tie. Captain Kirk will vote with Govt

He's obliged to vote with the governemnt in the event of a tie AFAIK.

[sarah_lennon]

increased drink prices can also drive people North

not on the pint though.

The trend has been to push up the cost of off-sales while dropping the levy on pub sales. Last year the price of the pint came down.

Can't understand why <scratches head>

[sarah_lennon]

He's obliged to vote with the governemnt in the event of a tie AFAIK.

He has the casting vote. He's not obliged other than to his whip

[Oldschool]

Good to hear of the salary cap in the semi state sector. . . .a complete farce that the head of the DAA earns more than the French Prime Minister!

What are you on about the head of Coillte more than deserves his 450k plus annual salary. Those trees dont just grow themselves

See how long you'd last without electricity.