
Budget





Students’ Union budget to be released 11 weeks into semester
The provisional Budget for the Students’ Union will be released today in the third Class Rep Council of the year, in breach of DCUSU constitution.



Budget 2018: Rent allowance increases
Rent allowance will increase by €149m next year in order to accommodate over 17,000 more homes, said Minister for Finance Paschal O’ Donoghue.


Budget 2018: childcare
Child and Family Agengy, Tusla will receive an additional €40.6 million in 2018, bringing their annual funding to over €750 million.

Budget 2018: Tackling cancer
Minister Paschal Donohue increased the VAT rate applied to sunbed services in yesterday’s budget, due to “Clear evidence” of a link between sunbed use and skin cancer, he said.

Round up of Budget 2018
Leo Varadkar’s first budget was unveiled yesterday which contained modest increases in public spending alongside a small measure of tax relief.




Students and SU react differently to Budget 2015
DCU students and DCU SU reacted differently to today’s budget, which saw the first increase in Ireland’s expenditure since 2009.

LIVE: Budget 2015
Join us today for Budget 2015 coverage, where we will have up-to-the-minute details on everything from Leinster House, both here and on our Twitter (@thecollegeview).




