Government says Budget 2025 will have €8.3bn spending package

The next Budget will be worth 8.3 billion euro, but the Finance Minister denied it would represent a “giveaway” Budget. Cabinet signed off on the Summer Economic Statement (SES) on Tuesday, which gives a broad sketch of what the next budgetary package will be worth. It sets out a spending package of 6.9 billion euro and a tax package worth 1.4 billion euro for the Budget, to be officially unveiled on October 1.