So far
* 'Universal social charge' will rise to 7% of income
* Govt to maintain single aircraft for ministers
* Govt to cut cost of State cars by a third
* FAS training allowances hit with €8 cut
* Govt brings in new €2,000 higher education charge
* Govt reduces school capitation grants by 5%
* Govt increases school transport charge to €350
* Working age rate scheme to see €8 per week cut
* New property based taxes to apply to old and new properties
* Online betting to be taxed at betting-shop level
* Govt hikes price of petrol by 4c and diesel by 2c
* Govt extends car scrappage scheme for six months
* Tourist tax reduced to €3
* Govt announces reform of stamp duty
* Lenihan abolishes PRSI and health levy reliefs
* Govt to cut income tax bands by 10%
* Govt introduces 'universal social charge'
* Budget introduces 15,000 extra training places for jobless
* Lenihan cuts public sector pensions by 4%
* Public service pay to be capped at €250k
* Budget to cut ministers' pay by €10k
* Govt increases fuel allowance by €40
* Lenihan outlines changes in Budget speech
* Child Benefit to be cut by €10 per month
* Govt cuts working age pay rates by 4%
* Govt leaves state pensions alone in Budget
dannyboy10 (07-12-10), Ric Hardgear (07-12-10)
whats the craic on booze,is there an increase on 40cigs,2 bottles of pinot grigio,12 bottles of stout and a firelog?????
a thousand kisses deep..
Last edited by Doozer; 07-12-10 at 17:44.
Easy budget unless you are in the Civil Service!!
Remember the IMF will monitor us Quarterly so we could have more cuts on a quarterly basis if they feel its needed.
Unless Pubic Service waste and job creation are dealt with properly then we wont sort out this mess in any time soon.
Westside.
Their refusal to take cuts like everyone else is holding the country back.This coupled with their poor productivity adds to the issue. Councils are laughingly unproductive. Hows a group of guys standing around a poll or a pothole doing nothing dont feel like fools is beyond me.
Heres an example of councils for you. When i go to teh gym i always pass a guy driving the road sweeper and he always has one of the street sweepers in the truck with him doing f'all. Speaking of street sweepers (who are on good money incidently) they stop their work and walk back to the base for their break and then when their break is over walk back to where they were again. So this could be a half hour each way and its taken outside of their break time.So your talking on average a whole hour everyday doing f'all. In other word a whole days pay over the course of a week goes to these guys walking to their lunch break.
Unreal,
Westside.