Budget 2023 will be announced in days as the Government is expected to deliver a range of measures to help those struggling with the rising cost of living.
A cost of living package is set to provide some relief, with the average worker to benefit from once-off payments and some other increases.
Finance and Public Expenditure Ministers, Paschal Donohoe and Michael McGrath, have about €6.7 billion to play with in the main budget, while a final figure on the latest cost-of-living package is yet to be released.