The Budget
The Budget sets out the Government's budgetary targets for the following three years.
The Budget typically contains the following documents:
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Financial Statement - the Minister's speech to the Dáil on Budget
day.
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Budget Measures - detailed list of changes announced in the Budget
together with the estimated cost or yield arising.
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Budget Statistics and Tables - gives detailed budgetary projections
for the next three years.
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Financial Resolutions- give temporary legislative backing for immediate
budgetary changes.
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Stability Programme Update - outlines the economic background to
the Budget and sets out Government economic strategy over the following three years.
It is produced in compliance with the EU Stability and Growth Pact.
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White Paper on Receipts & Expenditure - the opening position
for the Budget. Published the Saturday before the Budget.
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Estimates for Public Services and Summary Public Capital Programme.