[17:45] Exchequer got once-off €0.5bn last month

A once-off payment of €0.5bn in corporation tax was made to the Exchequer last month, according to new figures from the Department of Finance.

https://www.independent.ie/business/exchequer-got-once-off-05bn-last-month/a194724036.html

#0.5bn #Exchequer #lastmonth #theDepartmentofFinance

[17:31] Tax take rises in January, Apple tax money rolls in

There was a further payment of €1.7bn from Apple's tax money into the Government's coffers last month, according to the Department of Finance's Exchequer Returns.

https://www.rte.ie/news/business/2025/0206/1495154-tax-take-rises-in-january-apple-tax-money-rolls-in/

#Apple #Government #lastmonth #theDepartmentofFinance's

[17:30] Corporation tax increased by 18% last year to €28bn

Corporation tax increased by 18% last year to €28bn, according to the latest Exchequer Returns from the Department of Finance.

https://www.rte.ie/news/business/2025/0106/1489342-corporation-tax-ireland/

#18% #lastyear #28bn #theDepartmentofFinance

[17:35] Fionnán Sheahan: Morally bankrupt, fiscally amnesiac and nakedly political – Budget 2025 has more money than sense in attempt to buy election

Now we know why a €1.4m security hut was needed at the Department of Finance.

https://www.independent.ie/opinion/comment/fionnan-sheahan-morally-bankrupt-fiscally-amnesiac-and-nakedly-political-budget-2025-has-more-money-than-sense-in-attempt-to-buy-election/a1899967272.html

#€1.4 #theDepartmentofFinance

[17:30] Department of Finance releases its ‘White Paper’ on the upcoming Budget

The Department of Finance is set to publish its annual ‘White Paper’ ahead of the Budget, which provides estimates of Ireland’s receipts and expenditure for the coming year.

https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/politics/department-of-finance-releases-its-white-paper-on-the-upcoming-budget/a498036301.html

#TheDepartmentofFinance #annual #WhitePaper’ #Budget #Ireland #thecomingyear

[17:33] Govt to record surplus of between €23bn-€24bn this year

The Department of Finance has estimated the State will have a general government surplus of between €23 billion and €24 billion this year.

https://www.rte.ie/news/budget-2025/2024/0927/1472381-budget-white-paper/

#TheDepartmentofFinance #State #between€23billionand€24billion #thisyear

[20:12] Embattled agency behind Leinster House bike shelter pulls €600,000 tender for PR services just hours after advertising it

The State agency embroiled in controversy concerning the taxpayers’ spend of €335,000 on a bike shelter for Leinster House and a €1.4m security shelter for the Department of Finance has pulled a tender process for a new €600,000 PR contract - only hours after advertising it.

https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/politics/embattled-agency-behind-leinster-house-bike-shelter-pulls-600000-tender-for-pr-services-just-hours-after-advertising-it/a1106126429.html

#State #335,000 #LeinsterHouse #€1.4 #theDepartmentofFinance #anew€600,000 #onlyhours

[18:12] ‘Ridiculous, there’s no need for that level of spending’ – Tánaiste demands review of €1.4m security hut at Department of Finance

Tánaiste Micheál Martin has branded the €1.4m spend on a security hut at the Department of Finance as “ridiculous” and demanded a “fundamental review” of the cost.

https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/politics/ridiculous-theres-no-need-for-that-level-of-spending-tanaiste-demands-review-of-14m-security-hut-at-department-of-finance/a1140768888.html

#TánaisteMicheálMartin #€1.4m #theDepartmentofFinance

[17:49] Security shelter at Department of Finance cost over €1.4m, Oireachtas Committee hears

A security shelter outside the Department of Finance cost over €1.4m, the Oireachtas Finance committee has been told.

https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/politics/security-shelter-at-department-of-finance-cost-over-14m-oireachtas-committee-hears/a1140768888.html

#theDepartmentofFinance #over€1.4m #OireachtasFinance