Property tax unveiled for Irish homeowners as Michael Noonan reveals Budget 2013

Finance minister says Ireland is emerging from worst of the financial crisis

The Budget report was not met without opposition. Fianna Fáil finance spokesman Michael McGrath interrupted Noonan’s speech to complain that the budget documentation had not been distributed to the Opposition.

“It is unprecedented and a disgrace,” said McGrath

Minister Howlin concluded by saying that when he took office last year, he “could not be certain that we would make it through this crisis.” He now has a sense of relief.

“I no longer hold this fear,” he said. “What the people of Ireland have endured has been tough, almost without precedent in the developed world.”

“That we will come through it, and we will, is a significant shared achievement. In time, future generations will be proud that we, as a people, tackled this crisis head on. There remain difficult challenges ahead of us but Ireland and her people will prosper again.”

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Nster.com