Budget to take place one week earlier than usual, fuelling speculation over autumn election

Minister for Finance Jack Chambers has announced that the budget will be held a week earlier than usual this year, fuelling speculation over an autumn general election.

Mr Chambers, who was promoted into the ministerial role last month, said the budget will take place on October 1st. He also said the current Government will run its full term of office until March 2025.

Speaking on both Newstalk and RTÉ radio, the Minister said the budget would take place on that date as the fiscal and budgetary submissions to the European Commission have to be sent a week before the EU’s meeting on October 15th.

When asked if the early budget was to facilitate a general election, Mr Chambers said: “Absolutely not. There’s a reason why it’s on the 1st of October, which is that we have to prepare a budgetary and fiscal framework for the 15th of October, and I’ll be attending Ecofin and the Eurogroup meeting the week prior to that. And so that’s why it’s on the 1st of October.

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