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The Budget


The Budget sets out the Government's budgetary targets for the following three years. The Budget contains the following documents:


  • Financial Statement - the Minister's speech to the Dáil on Budget day.
  • Budget Measures - detailed list of changes announced in the Budget together with the estimated cost or yield arising.
  • Budget Statistics and Tables - gives detailed budgetary projections for the next three years.
  • Financial Resolutions- give temporary legislative backing for immediate budgetary changes.
  • Stability Programme Update - outlines the economic background to the Budget and sets out Government economic strategy over the following three years. It is produced in compliance with the EU Stability and Growth Pact.
  • White Paper on Receipts & Expenditure - the opening position for the Budget. Published the Saturday before the Budget.