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.