2010 in the Republic of Ireland - Irish Budget, 2010, 2010 Leinster Senior Cup, 2010 Fai Cup, Irish Budget, 2010, 2010 Leinster Senior Cup, 2010 Fai Cup, Donegal South West By-Election, 2010 Donegal South West By-Election, 2010 (Paperback)

Chapters: Irish Budget, 2010, 2010 Leinster Senior Cup, 2010 Fai Cup, Donegal South West By-Election, 2010, Dublin South By-Election, 2010, Waterford By-Election, 2010. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 31. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: The 2010 Irish Budget refers to the delivery of a government budget by the Government of Ireland on 9 December 2009, its third in fourteen months. It was also the third overall budget to be delivered by the ruling Fianna Fail party's Brian Lenihan as the country's Minister for Finance. The 2010 Budget was described by commentators in Ireland and around the world in unusually harsh terms as 4 billion was removed from the country's national deficit. It was characterised by pay cuts for public sector workers and cuts in social welfare. According to the BBC, social welfare cuts had not been implemented by the country since 1924. The cuts prompted at least one angry outburst in Dail Eireann, the principal chamber of the Oireachtas (Irish parliament). Among the other initiatives unveiled in this Budget was a car scrappage scheme as well as a new carbon tax. The post-budget debate was interrupted by a famous use of unparliamentary language by Green Party TD Paul Gogarty which attracted attention around the world. The Budget for 2010 was preceded by a difficult budget which led to widespread protests in October 2008 as well as a supplementary emergency budget in April 2009. This meant that this was the third Budget to be delivered by the Finance Minister in the space of fourteen months. The following are the main points of Budget 2010. Excise duties on beer and cider were decreased by 12 cent, excise duties on a half-glass of spirits were decreased by 14 cent and a bottle of wine was decreased by 60 cent, with a warning from the Finance Minister that th...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=2538621