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National Budget
main terms associated with National Budget
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| National Budget | plan of future government income and expenditure for a period of time |
| Estimates | money needed by each minister to run their department |
| Government borrowing requirement | amount borrowed by government to fill shortfall between government revenue and government expenditure |
| Government Current Income | regular income from taxation, profits from state companies, lottery receipts, |
| Government Capital Income | once-off income such as EU grants or the sale of state companies |
| Government Current Expenditure | regular day-to-day spending on wages to public sector, social welfare payments |
| Government Capital Expenditure | long term spending on building new roads, new garda vehicles |
| Balanced Budget | where planned income equals planned expenditure |
| Surplus Budget | where planned income is greater than planned expenditure |
| Deficit Budget | where planned income is less than planned expenditure |
| Tax revenue | monies received from income tax (PAYE), VAT, customs duties, excise duties, DIRT |
| Debt Servicing | interest and amount borrowed payments on the national debt |
| How to deal with a deficit? | Borrow,increase taxes, E.U. funding, privatising a state body |
| What to do with a surplus? | Reduce taxes, pay off loans, encourage enterprise, invest in new hospitals/schools |
| Minister of Finance | Presents budget to Dáil |
| Who is interested in what the govt does? | Consumer (VAT), employees (income tax), employer (PRSI, Corporation tax), Unemployed, pensioners, financial institutions (interest rate) |