€1,200 tax package prepared for average workers in pre-election Budget 2025 bonanza

Child benefit will go up by €10 a month, pensions to increase by at least €12 a week and a double set of taxes on building a house to be waived

Budget 2025: With one eye on an election, Michael McGrath lists an ambitious giveaway plan

Tabitha Monahan and Fionnán Sheahan

A personal tax package worth around €1,200 per person is now expected to be included in the next Budget.

Child benefit will go up by €10 a month and the state pension will increase by at least €12 a week.