Budget 2010 – Drug Payment Scheme
The cost of using the Drugs Payment Scheme has increased once again in this budget, though it has been little publicised to date. The Maximum monthly spend on prescriptions you will have to pay for yourself has increased from €100 to €120.
Over a year, this will add an additional €240 to the cost of your [...]
Budget 2010 Child Benefit cut
Child Benefit has been cut in the 2010 budget. For the first two children, the rate has been cut from €166 a month to €150 for each child. If you have more than 2 children, the amount you receive for the additional kids has been cut from €203 to €187.
Find out how the [...]
Budget 2010 Public sector pay cuts
In todays Budget 2010, Brian Lenihan announced Public Sector pay Cuts.
Check out our Budget calculator for details of the pay cuts and how they will affect you.
The Budget calculator will be updated after the budget annoucement this evening.
The pay cuts as apply to most Public Sector employees are as follows:
For salaries of Great than €125,ooo, [...]
Are you the Limiting Factor?
Are you the Limiting Factor in your Business?
“You are the Limiting Factor” is a new book by an Irish Author and top Irish Business consultant Blaise Brosnan.
“You are the Limiting Factor” as a title is not the start of some self-bashing exercise. The purpose neatly conveyed through out the book is to realise that you [...]
Budget 2010 & Childcare Supplement
A lot of the focus in the upcoming budget will focus on Child Benefit, your childcare supplement payments will be affected in 2010.
While the Childcare supplement will not form part of the Budget 2010 proposals, it is worth remembering that from January you will not be receiving Childcare supplements previously existing for children under 6.
The [...]





