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Irish Independent
22-07-2025
- Health
- Irish Independent
Mary Regan: Trump's tariff threats loom large over budget plans, but building will take priority
Summer Economic Statements, which outline the tax and spending plans for the budget cycle ahead, tend to always come with a health warning.
Irish Independent
22-07-2025
- Health
- Irish Independent
Trump's tariff threats loom large over budget plans, but building will take priority
Summer Economic Statements, which outline the tax and spending plans for the budget cycle ahead, tend to always come with a health warning.
The Irish Sun
17-07-2025
- Business
- The Irish Sun
‘Give me a break' – Watch shock moment Simon Harris & Pearse Doherty clash in fiery cost-of-living crisis spat
SIMON Harris clashed with Pearse Doherty in a fiery spat over the cost of living during the final Dail session today as TDs take a break for the summer. The Advertisement 2 Pearse Doherty questions Simon Harris over the need for cost of living supports in the next budget Credit: Dail Eireann 2 Simon Harris fires back at the deputy leader saying: "I really worry for your level of economic literacy." Credit: Dail Eireann Deputy leader Pearse Doherty told the Dail that there are more than 300,000 households behind on their He said: 'Government cannot just swan off for the summer break leaving people in the lurch with stress and uncertainty. 'I say to you that you need to introduce a cost of living package, you need to continue with energy credits and you need to tell families that you won't cancel the help they rely on to help them with these massive energy bills this autumn.' Simon Harris hit back with a list of supports that the Government are already putting in place including the expansion of the Advertisement READ MORE IN BUDGET 2026 The Tanaiste then went on the attack and blasted Pearse Doherty over a mistake he made in a recent debate where he claimed SuperValu was owned by a US multinational. SuperValu is in fact owned by the Musgrave Group in Ireland. Tanaiste Simon Harris said: 'If you genuinely believe that the economic challenge facing our country this summer is the equivalent to moments of economic challenge over the last couple of summers, I really worry for your level of economic literacy.' He added: 'You spend a lot of your political career standing up here saying 'you don't get it over here, you don't understand, you're out of touch.' Advertisement MOST READ IN THE IRISH SUN 'You know what I know? I know who owns SuperValu. And it's not an American multinational. I know who owns SuperValu. 'They sponsor the GAA. They sponsor the tidy towns. They are in towns around this country. 'They are a proud Irish company and you thought they were owned by an American multinational. 'You want Paschal Donohoe's job? You want Paschal Donohoe's job and you don't even know who owns SuperValu and can't even use Google. Give me a break.' Advertisement It comes as Paschal Donohoe confessed that there will be SPEND PLAN The amount of money that the Government has to spend in the upcoming budget will be set out during the Summer Economic Statements next week. Speaking ahead of this key event in the budget process, Finance Minister Paschal Donohoe warned there will be no repeat of the one off cost of living bonuses that were a feature of recent budgets. The Advertisement The job losses and economic hit will be much worse if Minister Donohoe said Ireland's finances is in a strong position to weather this economic storm but he claims the Government must make smart choices in the budget. He said: 'We have a moment of uncertainty again. We will get through it. 'We will overcome it but in order to do that we have to make choices that are sensible and that we can afford.' Advertisement
