A man earning €44,000 a year has said Budget 2027 will save him €4 a week and has left him without “any hope”.
Yesterday, Simon Harris and Jack Chambers set out plans to increase public spending and adjust taxes by 9%.
Taoiseach Micheál Martin described it as a budget “for families, for workers and helping people with rising costs”.
This is a Budget for families, for workers and helping people with rising costs.
- We're putting more money back in workers’ pockets
- Supporting families and carers with the cost of childcare and disability
- Easing the burden of fuel and energy costs for those who need it most https://t.co/Cj4UGysE5V— Micheál Martin (@MichealMartinTD) October 6, 2026
While Sinn Féin’s Pearse Doherty said it “shows they are not on the side of ordinary Irish people”.
However, the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council warned that the increase in spending “puts the public finances on a worse trajectory by repeatedly breaking established spending limits and increasingly relying on high-risk corporation tax”.
On Lunchtime Live, listener David said the budget will not impact him “very much”.
“I was furious listening to the Taoiseach on with Claire,” he said
“[He was] talking about a budget for workers, people who get up early in the morning.
“I wake up at half five most mornings; I earn just shy of €44,000, I'm going to get €4 a week in the difference - that's nothing like, absolutely nothing.”
Simon Harris and Jack Chambers. Picture by: Leah Farrell/RollingNews.ie.David added that he does not see “any hope” in Ireland and that the system is increasingly stacked against workers.
“The cost of everything, health care, broken housing, broken everything - it's just broken,” he said.
“I'm so sick to my teeth of these ministers coming out, patting themselves on the back.
“It seems like Fine Gael looks after their base and to hell with everyone else.”
Main image: A wallet with coins in it. Picture by: Alamy.com.
