Increased spending in September’s Budget will find a balance between helping people struggling with the cost of living and maintaining a healthy economy, Finance Minister Paschal Donohoe has said.
Mr Donohoe refused to predict that the Budget would increase people’s living standards, stating that the economic outlook was currently too uncertain.
On Monday the Cabinet approved the Government’s Summer Economic Statement which said that the Budget will contain spending and tax measures equal to €6.7 billion.
