• The battle to convert a giveaway budget to electoral success

  • Oct 2 2024
  • Length: 47 mins
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The battle to convert a giveaway budget to electoral success

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  • Budget 2025, reminiscent of the bonanza Celtic Tiger years, was leaked almost entirely before Ministers Jack Chambers and Paschal Donohoe took to the floor of the Dáil yesterday to deliver it. Former senior government advisor, Gerard Howlin, says that's down to the political reality of coalition parties competing to own their particular wins ahead of an impending election. The 2.2 billion euro spending package is widely viewed as an attempt to curry favour with voters instead of addressing more long-term systemic changes that fall outside the electoral cycle. Political editor, Pat Leahy, warns that a 'giveaway' budget does not automatically guarantee electoral success while political correspondent, Jennifer Bray, analyses how the opposition is framing the budget to successfully land the political blows.


    Presented by Hugh Linehan. Produced by Aideen Finnegan.


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