The charity said the creation of a new referral mechanism for child and adolescent mental health services is a particular positive

The Minister for Health said increased spending was ‘largely being driven by… treating more patients than we have funded them to treat’.

The ministers said they would like to deliver a fifth budget together next year.

The Taoiseach has defended the €14 billion budget package unveiled by his Government on Tuesday

Martin said: "If a recession comes or the economy downturns, the tendency has always been to cut capital projects."

Mr Coveney added that speaking from personal experience, the Government “knows all about what happens when the wrong decisions are made in terms of how you manage a country's finances

There will be a €12 increase in weekly payments for pensioners.

She said she thought it was a typo when she saw the €64million allocation to disability services given the department’s own review which had said it required €350million.

Mr Varadkar said the tax relief that could see landlords saving 600 euro in the first year, rising to 1,000 euro, was to stop them leaving the market

Budget 2024 will total €6.4 billion, made up of €5.3 billion in core expenditure and €1.1 billion in tax measures.

A Dublin teacher has said that teaching is ‘not as good a profession as it used to be’.

Budget 2024 included a temporary tax relief designed to benefit small landlords.

Minister for Finance Michael McGrath said Budget 2024 was framed against a backdrop of “global uncertainty”

Minister for Children Roderic O’Gorman previously pledged to halve childcare fees across two years.

Inclusion Ireland chief executive Derval McDonagh said the budget abandoned disabled people living well below the poverty line

Company car Benefit-In-Kind reliefs have been extended

A part of Budget 2024, an increase was announced on the price of a packet of cigarettes by 75 cent

The government has signalled it will spend cautiously – despite expecting a surplus of 10 billion euro this year.

The total Budget 2024 package is about 6.4 billion euro.

Tuesday's budget marks the first for Fianna Fáil's Michael McGrath as Minister for Finance.

The Taoiseach and Tánaiste said the cost-of-living package would not be as big as last year’s

Normally there are numerous issues on the agenda, but it will be all about the budget, which is to be announced on Tuesday, October 10th

The three coalition leaders are due to meet with the Finance and Public Expenditure ministers on Sunday afternoon.

Ahead of Budget 2024, see how much you know about bygone budget days

Tánaiste Micheál Martin said energy bills were ‘clearly still an issue’ for many households

The protest is being organised ahead of the budget for next year being unveiled on Tuesday.

Buying the Conor Pass in Co Kerry for €10 million is among the party’s budgetary proposals for next year

Mr Martin has said that meetings will continue over the weekend between the coalition party leaders.

Public Expenditure Minister Paschal Donohoe has said a drop in corporate tax receipts would not affect budget planning.

Irish Cancer Society chief executive Averil Power said a promise in the Programme for Government that cancer patients would not have to pay hospital parking charges has still not been implemented

The budget plan includes a pledge to deliver 10,000 affordable homes in 2024.

The USC was introduced in 2010 amid the fallout from the financial crisis.

The Exchequer returns for the quarter were up by just over 6 per cent on last year

Budget 2024 will be unveiled on Tuesday, October 10th

Fine Gael was holding an enterprise conference in Co Waterford.

Michael McGrath said there had been a pattern of overspending in health for years.

Here, BreakingNews.ie has a look at what to expect