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Budget Statement 2005. (7 Dec 2005)

Richard Bruton: He wasted €300 million, a drop in the ocean in Government terms, but it could have funded medical cards for children under five, subsidised 20,000 new child care places, put in place 5 million extra home help hours or carried out 20,000 extra inpatient operations.

Budget Statement 2005. (7 Dec 2005)

Brian Cowen: ...cap system will also apply to artist's relief from the same date. There is no change in the tax treatment of income now exempt under the artist's relief scheme where that income is less than €250,000 per year. The vast majority of people are under that bracket. Pensions Tax equity applies not only to taxpayers' current income but also to how taxpayers provide for their income needs in...

Budget Statement 2005. (7 Dec 2005)

Joan Burton: ...not addressed that issue. I am very disappointed with the fuel allowance. Since the rise in fuel prices, the Government has made a windfall gain, which the Minister acknowledged, of about €100 million from VAT and excise increases caused by the rise in petrol, gas and electricity prices. The basic fuel allowance for senior citizens has remained at just €9 per week since 2002. In the...

Budget Statement 2005. (7 Dec 2005)

Brian Cowen: ...our people feel excluded. Education Education is critical to this ambition. It is accepted that the quality of our educated young people has been at the heart of the economic success of the past 15 years. The world has not stood still in the meantime. We face new challenges in the education sphere. This is about access and about the strength of an offer to the young people coming through...

Budget Statement 2005. (7 Dec 2005)

Richard Bruton: ...has been nothing but disappointment for the old in this country. I wish the Tánaiste well in attempting to address this. She told us some years ago that all of the saving on the SSIAs —€600 million — would go towards the development of elder care services, but that has not happened. The Tánaiste lost that debate at Cabinet with her Fianna Fáil colleagues. After nine years of...

Budget Statement 2005. (7 Dec 2005)

Dan Boyle: I would like to praise the Minister for Finance before I seek to bury his budget. Last year's Cabinet reshuffle happened too late in the day for the budget for 2005 to be truly considered as the full property of the Minister, Deputy Cowen, although he succeeded in making his mark on it. He has been involved in budget 2006 since the start of the process, up to today's announcement, and he...