The tax on your savings – Deposit Interest Retention Tax – DIRT is to increase to 23% from 20% after yesterdays budget. This increase will take effect from January 1st 2009 and is estimated to bring in an extra €85 million for the government.
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Budget 2009
Medical Card Changes for Over 70’s
The Department of Health has estimated that 140,000 people over 70 years of age currently have an automatic entitlement to a medical card because of their age. These people did not have a medical card before they reached 70. Following today’s Budget changes, which take effect from January 2009 , the Health Service Executive is […]
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School Transport Charges rising to €100 a term
Hidden away in the budget documents was a change that will have a big effect on families with children at secondary school. The cost of transport to secondary school is to rise to €300 a year. It is currently 56 aterm for Junior Cert and 78 a term for TY or Leaving Cert. This is […]
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Drug Payment Scheme Threshold now €100
The Drugs payment scheme – which currently means that patients only have to pay the first 90 euro of prescription costs in a month – is having the threshold increased by €10 euro a month. Sick people not on medical card will be €120 a year worse off each year.
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A&E charge increased to €100
Budget 2009 changes: The charge for non medical card holders who attend Accident and Emergency department without a GP referral letter is increasing from €64 to €100 euro. Maybe they will be less overcrowded now … ?
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