Michael Noonan
13:09: Spending increases and tax cuts of 1.3 billion euro.
13:11: After 2018 Government will set aside up to €1bn annually as a rainy day fund.
13:15: Special 9% VAT rate for the hospitality sector will remain for 2017.
13:19: Special scheme to allow farmers experiencing exceptionally poor year "step out" of income averaging.
13:20: New loans to farmers with interest rate below 3% to improve cash flow and reduce cost of short term borrowings.
13:21: New loans to farmers with interest rate below 3% to improve cash flow and reduce cost of short term borrowings.
13:22: New income tax credit for fishermen of €1,270.
13:22: Proposed TD increase will not be implemented.
13:23: New help to buy scheme for first time buyers 5% up to 400,000 euro - value of 20,000 for NEW homes.
13:25: Home renovation incentive scheme to be extended by two years.
13:26: Rent a room income ceiling to be increased by 2,000 euro a year to 14,000.
13:26: Interest deductability to increase from 75% to 80% in 2017 for those who let to social housing tenants.
13:28: 5 million to cut the lower three rates each by half a percent. (new rates will be 0.5%, 2.5%, 5.0%).
13:29: Home Carer's Credit to increase by 100 euro to 1,100.
13:29 Deposit Interest Retention Tax to be cut by 2 percentage point each year for next four years - from 41% now to 33% in 2020
13:30: Deposit Interest Retention Tax to be cut by 2 percentage point each year for next four years - from 41% now to 33% in 2020
13:31: Self-employed tax credit to increase by 400 euro to 950 euro (147,000 people will benefit)
13:32: CAT on inheritance or gifts from parents to children increased by 30,000 to 310,000
13:32: Restates that Ireland's 12.5% rate will not be changed
13.34: Extending relief from Vehicle Registration tax on electric vehicles for five years.
13:35: Confirms that a sugar tax will be introduced in April 2018 - consultation process to run until next January.
13: 37: Excise on tobacco to be increased - 50 cent on a pack of cigarettes from midnight tonight.
13:49: 1.9 billion euro increase in spending in 2017
13:50: Almost 4,500 additional front line staff - Gardaí nurses and teachers - in 2017.
13:51: Additional 28 million euro for emergency accommodation.
13:54: Increase in third level funding of 36.5 million euro
13:55: Cap on prescription charges for over 70's to be cut by 5 euro a month to 20 euro a month from March
13:57: STATE pension is to rise by €5 per week
2:00: Budget includes 290 million euro for pay increases across the public sector - under the Lansdowne Road Pay Agreement
2:05: The Christmas bonus is back for social welfare recipients. They'll get a one-off cash injection, worth 85 per cent of their usual weekly payment.
