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Ireland Budget 2027[1] (Due 6 October 2026). Transcript.

Ireland Budget 2027: What Can We Expect?

Ireland’s Budget 2027 will be announced on Tuesday, 6 October 2026, by the Minister for Finance (Simon Harris) and the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation (Jack Chambers). With the Budget approaching, Politics & More Podcast [2] is speaking with politicians and non-politicians, members of the wider public to hear their views on the issues that matter most to people across Ireland. In this episode, Mairead Kenny speaks with Hilary Beirne, a Rossie, former Seanad candidate and resident of New York, who is back in Roscommon this week.

Mairead Kenny: Mairead Kenny Politics & More podcast. I'm here in Roscommon, I've met Hilary Beirne. Hilary, you're based in the US in New York. You're back in Roscommon this week. The 2027 budget is coming up in Ireland Tues 06 October 2026. Any views on the budget?

Hilary Beirne: The Budget needs to take care of people. When I say “take care of people,” I use that term frequently when I make comments on social media that you just have to sneeze and there’s another form of taxation in Ireland.

The average person is struggling to make ends meet because of the overall cost of living and taxation. People are under pressure, and I believe the Budget needs to recognise the difficulties families and individuals are experiencing. One of the biggest issues for me is the cost of fuel. The price of filling your car has increased significantly, and that has a knock-on effect for people who depend on their cars to get to work, bring children to school, travel to appointments or simply manage everyday life. When the fuel protests were in full swing, it became international news, and it certainly did not present Ireland in a positive light internationally.

I believe the Government should look seriously at the level of taxation on fuel and consider whether reductions could provide some relief, particularly for people who are struggling financially. I have experienced the difference myself between Ireland and the United States. I recently filled my car in Ireland, and it cost me around €120. In the United States, filling the car would have cost considerably less, although fuel prices have also increased there. I was genuinely shocked by the difference. I was in Ireland at the end of June and remember paying around €70 to fill the car. By October, the cost had risen dramatically. That kind of increase puts additional pressure on ordinary people.

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The Budget should be about more than numbers. It should be about people and the pressures they are facing every day and reducing inequalities in Irish society.

Budget 2027 — What Matters to You?

Join Mairead Kenny with Hilary Beirne and many others as Politics & More Podcast examines Ireland’s Budget 2027 and reactions to the Irish Government's new budget.

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[1] Budget 2027. Measures will be announced on Tuesday 6 October 2026 by the Minister for Finance and the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation at https://www.gov.ie/en/department-of-finance/campaigns/budget/

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