of this year's Budget as childcare fees are slashed by 25% and parents will also receive a double child benefit payment per child this winter.credits, worth €150 each, will also be paid, one in time for Christmas and two more out to the end of Spring.
He said: "Young people left without hope, children growing up in emergency accommodation, businesses who can't get workers, schools which can't get teachers, gardai, nurses, members of our defence forces leaving their profession because they can't find somewhere to live. He continued: "A Sinn Fein government would have introduced a budget that would have got to grips with the housing crisis and built the homes that our people so desperately need.
“Any intervention that sees small businesses make a saving is positive but the sheer amount of rising costs faced by our members is a huge concern. Energy costs are still more than double where they were two years ago, food and drink inputs have seen serious inflation, insurance premiums continue to grow while the national minimum wage increase will see labour costs rise by over 10% in the coming months.
Ms Campbell noted that Irish tourism and hospitality has experienced unprecedented increases in operating costs over the last eighteen months. “All this is coming at a time of reduced growth. The Government projects that growth will slow to 2% each year out to 2030. This will make it difficult to fund public services and social protection through growth. There will be increased competition over a smaller level of resources.
"Minister McGrath said last year 'it is important that we acknowledge that persons living with a disability face additional costs.' These costs were acknowledged in the Indecon Report, and the recent Green Paper, at €8,700 to €12,300 per year and yet there are no such cost of disability measures in Budget 2024.
Inclusion Ireland has labelled the €12 increase in disability and carers allowance “a disturbing blow to human rights” “This is the first Fianna Fáil Budget in over a decade, but some things never change. At a time when rents are skyrocketing, Minister McGrath announces tax breaks worth €160 million per year for landlords - without any evidence this will help to improve conditions for renters.
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