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The Government will grant each third-level student in the country € 250 when signing the largest budget in the history of the state.
The € 250 will be awarded as a supplement to SUSI grants or a refund of fees, as another attempt to boost a failing economy comes in today’s announcement. The total of the fund will be 50 million euros, and the Government will see it as a method to help students pay the costs of 2020 education.
The government will commit up to € 5 billion to avoid the dual threats of a hard Brexit and Covid-19 in a dedicated fund, in addition to paying the Christmas welfare bonus to most PUP recipients in an attempt to boost retail spending.
For tertiary education, € 120 million will be made available for a recycling and recycling skills package, including an extension of the apprenticeship program, as well as € 30 million for research and, for the first time in a decade, changes will be made. to postgraduate supports.
The budget will focus on reviving the economy, as well as health and housing, with up to an additional € 4 billion earmarked for Stephen Donnelly’s department, including € 1.6 billion to spend on new or existing beds and staff.
In housing, 500 million euros will be added to the budget for social housing, as well as just under 300 million euros for the rehabilitation of older social and affordable housing.
A new affordable housing plan will be announced.
Financing will be available for 600 new Gardaí and 70 new Garda cars.
For consumers, there will be no change in alcohol prices, but 50 cents will be added to a pack of 20 cigarettes.
A reduction of the VAT rate from 13% to 9% will be made in an attempt to help the hotel industry, as well as major supporters for the arts and live music.
- – In the region of 20 billion euros, of those 14 billion euros have already been earmarked, in particular for Covid-19 aid.
- – A kickstart of between 3,000 and 5,000 million euros that will provide an additional stimulus to the economy against the dual threats of Covid-19 and Brexit, specifically aimed at companies that have been affected by the pandemic and that may be affected in a hard Brexit scenario.
- – Income tax, USC and PRSI are expected to remain intact. Commercial rate exemption, likely to run until 2021.
- – An additional 3.5 billion euros to respond to the Covid crisis and try to restore normal levels of service. 1.5 billion euros for new beds and staff. Money for new ICU beds, as well as thousands of new staff and an investment of 1.3 billion euros in testing and tracking as part of the Covid-19 response.
- – the cost of 20 cigarettes will increase by up to 50 cents.
- – Basic social welfare rates must be protected. There are unlikely to be any increases for pension or job applicants.
- – it is likely to be restored to the € 350 rate, albeit modified to allow the self-employed to earn € 480 per month through their work, while continuing to claim payment, as well as three weeks of paid parental leave in addition to the two existing weeks.
- – The one-week bonus will be available to 400,000 people who receive payment from the PUP and from job applicants.
- – Continuation of the Help to Buy scheme, a new affordable housing plan and significant investment to finance directly built homes. It is expected that 12,750 new homes will be added to the social housing stock, most of which will be built and the rest acquired.
- – The carbon tax will be increased by € 7.50 per ton and spending on greenways will rise to € 50 million. The cost of filling a 60-liter tank with diesel will increase by almost € 1.50 while for gasoline it will be around € 1.30
- – a 5% increase in its core spending, which will translate into 2,000 new positions: about 990 additional Special Needs Assistants (SNA), 400 more special education teachers, and approximately 600 regular teachers in elementary and secondary schools.
- – Subsidies of up to € 10,000 for music and theater venues.
- – to obtain a cut in the VAT rate from 13.5% to 9%.
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