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Fiscal council criticises ‘repeated’ spending overruns for inflating budget-day plans

Spending watchdog warns a large budget package will add to inflation and increase costs for households and firms

By Eoin Burke-Kennedy
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#2517
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25 Aug 2026, 05:11 UTC
Last checked
25 Aug 2026, 10:12 UTC
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Publisher
The Irish Times
Country
Ireland
Source published
25 Aug 2026, 05:00 UTC
Source updated
No update timestamp supplied
Byline
Eoin Burke-Kennedy
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Spending watchdog warns a large budget package will add to inflation and increase costs for households and firms
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    Fiscal council criticises ‘repeated’ spending overruns for inflating budget-day plans

    Spending watchdog warns a large budget package will add to inflation and increase costs for households and firms

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    Fiscal council criticises routine spending overruns for inflating budget-day plans

    Spending watchdog warns a large budget package will add to inflation and increase costs for households and firms

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    Spending watchdog warns Government over budget plan

    Fiscal council says overruns have repeatedly pushed spending above budget-day plans

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Capture ID
#2282
Observed
25 Aug 2026, 06:41 UTC
HTTP result
200 / parsed
Raw payload
651,882 bytes, private gzip evidence
Collector
news-ledger/0.1
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metadata and excerpt
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