The State’s economic watchdog recommended a reduction in the planned package amid ‘high uncertainty’.

Booming corporate tax receipts could grow further in 2025 and 2026, the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council said

The Irish Fiscal Advisory Council said Government needs to ensure there are enough construction workers for infrastructure projects.

Jack Chambers said that government was seeking to strike a balance between restraining spending and continuing economic growth.

Economist Seamus Coffey of the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (Ifac) is urging the Government to “stick” to the rule that would limit annual growth in spending to five per cent per year