Budget 2017 is all about protecting our economy and making people’s lives better, particularly hard-pressed working families.
It’s thanks to the careful economic management over recent years that we now have the resources to target investments in key public services that will make a real difference to people’s lives.
Here’s an overview:
- Putting in place measures to help build more houses and ensure everyone has a place they can call home;
- Reducing the USC for the third Budget in a row putting money back into people’s pockets;
- Investing in our public services and hiring more doctors, nurses, teachers, and Gardaí;
- Increasing the State pension;
- Putting in place more supports for the self-employed;
- Making changes to our social welfare system that will mean everyone who is in receipt of it will see an increase in their payments;
- Making quality childcare more affordable for all families across the country.
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