DEPENDING on who you listened to, it was either a clever act of book balancing and practical planning that will help keep the country on an even keel or it amounted to nothing more than a “cup of coffee” Budget or a “dolly mixture” presentation that offers too little to too many.
Either way, Killarney’s business community had an opportunity to dissect Finance Minister Paschal Donohoe’s €1.2 billion initiative at a post Budget 2018 luncheon in the Malton Hotel this Wednesday.
Hosted and presented by local firm, OCKT Chartered Accountants, the event was attended by captains of industry, traders, community group representatives and interested individuals and they were afforded a detailed insight into what the Budget might hold for them.
A printed summary of the main points of the Budget and a slide presentation took a look at the stories behind the stories and outlined what the Killarney public, individually and collectively, can expect int he weeks ad months ahead.
Pictures: Don MacMonagle
Everything from tax cuts to a sugar tax, measures to boost the housing stock to the retention of the controversial nine per cent tourism tax came under the microscope in a slick presentation delivered by company principal Marcus Treacy and his staff.
The government has described the Budget as a positive national response to new risks and opportunities and, it is estimated, it will leave average working families better off to the tune of €500 a year.
Minister Donohoe insisted that Budget 2018 was about “balancing the books”.
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