The 2019 Irish budget was the Irish Government budget for the 2019 fiscal year was presented to Dáil Éireann on 9 October 2018 by Minister for Finance 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 VAT 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.
References
External links 2019 at Tax Institute Irish budget, 2019 at Irish Independent