Cuan Ó Seireadáin
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first heard Jul 2026
last heard 26 Jul
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Yes, and Aisling Maloney was speaking to the minister who's responsible for our national parks, Christopher O'Sullivan, and he's saying that this summer is an inflection point and that we're going to have to change how we deal with climate change.
We're going to have to be better prepared for droughts, heatwaves and fires.
And it's clear with seven days now of fire on Slevene Man that we do need to up our game there.
Well, it shows how important communication is in politics.
And I think last year's budget, we did see tax cuts, but not for ordinary people.
We saw it for the hospitality sector and widely discussed at the time as being probably ineffectual as a tax cut.
There were also tax cuts for VAT on construction of apartments.
And it's not clear that that has actually had a positive effect, although, to be fair, it takes time for tax changes in the construction sector to filter through.
The tax change has been flagged this year and been promised this year, especially by Fine Gael politicians, are essentially to do with indexation of tax bands.
which will technically be a tax cut if it happens, but won't feel like it because people may be €400 a year better off.
That's not really a huge amount.
That won't even really probably be above the increase in the cost of living caused by... What is it called?
Exactly, inflation, yes.
And this notably didn't happen in the budget last year and was the cause of some public dissatisfaction.
And in fact, the Parliamentary Budget Office last year said that most people were worse off as a result of last year's budget because of both the abolition of energy credits and the lack of indexation.
As Emma says, the fiscal position is actually much more precarious when you look in depth at it.
We're in fact borrowing money to invest into our climate fund and the two long-term funds the government has established.
If you read the summary economic statement in depth, it's a very detailed analysis of the position of the economy that threats the Middle Eastern issues, for example.
the energy issues and also the fact that AI is going to play an increasingly large role in our society and economy.
And they say that we have about 10 years to get this country ready to deal with the infrastructure deficits we have and to prepare to meet the expense of dealing with an older population.
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