The 2019 Irish budget was the

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for the 2019 fiscal year was presented to

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on 9 October 2018 by

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Paschal Donohoe, his second as Minister for Finance.

Summary

* The cost of a packet of 20 cigarettes to go up by €0.50, to bring the total cost of a pack to €12.70. * Duties on alcohol go unchanged. * No changes in the price of diesel or petrol. * The

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rate for the tourism and hospitality sector increases from 9% to 13.5%. * Social Welfare payments to rise by €5. * Christmas bonus to Social Welfare recipients to be restored to 100%. * Government to commit €1.25 billion for the delivery of 10,000 new social homes in 2019. * The Garda budget will rise by €60 million while the defense sector is to benefit from an extra €29 million. * The minimum wage is to be increased to €9.80 per hour.

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Budget A budget is a calculation play, usually but not always financial, for a defined period, often one year or a month. A budget may include anticipated sales volumes and revenues, resource quantities including time, costs and expenses, environmenta ...

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