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12 May 23
Saving bumper corporation tax receipts now could help Ireland face future challenges such as its ageing population, the country’s finance minister has said.
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19 Apr 23
A corporation tax windfall combined with a “remarkably resilient” economy will push the Irish budget into surplus this year, senior ministers have revealed.
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18 Nov 22
An overreliance on unsustainable corporation tax receipts could pose problems for Ireland in the future, and the country should look at raising other revenues, the national spending watchdog has said...
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2 Sep 22
The Irish government is set to record a larger budget surplus than initially forecast this year, due to a leap in tax income, the nation’s spending watchdog has said.
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9 May 22
The Irish government’s track record of low debt and budgetary surpluses is a key contributor to an increase in the nation’s credit rating announced today, according to ratings agency Moody’s.
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6 May 22
The International Monetary Fund has urged “fiscal flexibility” from Ireland as the government faces the twin challenges of supporting the economy through inflation and keeping public finances...
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23 Nov 21
Gaps in the Irish government's healthcare budgets up to 2019 were caused by “unrealistically low” budget estimates, according to the national watchdog.
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8 Nov 21
Ireland collected more than 35% more tax than it expected to in October, but ministers have sought to dampen any expectations of a spending splurge.
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28 Sep 21
A fund to help European Union member countries weather the negative impacts of Brexit will be created after getting final approval by the European Council.
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22 Sep 21
Irish leaders have spoken less harshly than usual about a planned global shake-up of corporation tax, which would see them raising the rate on the many large multinational companies with headquarters...
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20 Sep 21
Public debt in Ireland has a “one-in-four risk” of becoming unsustainable if the government runs deficits as projected, the country’s budget watchdog has warned.
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16 Sep 21
The EU’s oversight of the five countries it gave financial support to in the wake of the 2008 global financial crisis “needs streamlining” according to the bloc’s fiscal watchdog.
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16 Aug 21
Ireland’s economy has better weathered shocks than expected, according to rating agency Moody’s, as it raised its outlook for the country's rating from stable to positive.
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2 Jul 21
International reforms of corporation tax could have “serious implications” for Ireland’s public finances, a report from the country’s central bank has warned.
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22 Apr 21
Joe Biden’s suggested global minimum corporation tax rate would be unfair on small nations such as Ireland, the country’s finance minister has said.
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6 Jan 21
Ireland’s strong tax receipts led to the government running a lower than expected deficit in 2020, despite the huge spending to fight the effects of Covid-19.
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5 Nov 20
A rare drop in corporation tax receipts in Ireland shows they cannot be relied upon in the future, the Irish finance minister has said.
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14 Oct 20
Ireland expects its corporation tax yield to rise again this year, despite the backdrop of the global recession caused by Covid-19, an official document has revealed.
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28 Jul 20
The asset management company Ireland created in response to the global financial crisis more than a decade ago is expected to return €4bn to the government over its lifetime.
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29 May 20
Ireland is in a position to avoid implementing post-coronavirus austerity measures to the scale it imposed after the global financial crisis, the country’s fiscal watchdog has said.
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3 Mar 20
Irish public finances face the threat of lower corporation tax receipts, as the OECD process to reform the global tax system approaches a “crucial” phase.
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7 Jan 20
Ireland’s highest ever corporation tax yield has been welcomed by its finance minister, but he warned that an over-reliance on one revenue source must be avoided.
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4 Dec 19
Ireland is on track for record corporation tax receipts this year, although the finance minister has warned the surge will not last forever.
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2 Dec 19
Ireland’s sovereign credit rating has been increased making Irish government bonds more attractive, according to the country’s National Treasury Management Agency.
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11 Oct 19
The Irish government has allocated more than €1bn in its Budget for 2020 to be spent in the event of a no-deal Brexit.