{"id":39417,"date":"2026-05-06T23:22:52","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T03:22:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sharewatch.com\/wp\/2026\/05\/06\/governments-spending-on-wages-up-9-3-so-far-this-year\/"},"modified":"2026-05-06T23:22:52","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T03:22:52","slug":"governments-spending-on-wages-up-9-3-so-far-this-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sharewatch.com\/wp\/2026\/05\/06\/governments-spending-on-wages-up-9-3-so-far-this-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Government’s spending on wages up 9.3% so far this year"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Spending on wages by the Government is up 9.3% so far this year, which more than the 6.3% increase forecast in the Budget.<\/p>\n

Latest Exchequer returns from the Department of Finance show overall expenditure by the Department of Health is up 10.6%, while spending by the Department of Education has risen 9.3%.<\/p>\n

Expenditure by the Department of Social Protection is up 10.6%, partly driven by extra fuel allowance payments made in April, as the Government extended period during which the support is paid to help social welfare recipients with rising fuel bills.<\/p>\n

Due to timing issues there was also an additional pension payment day in April.<\/p>\n

This year expenditure is forecast to rise by 7.2%, which is much faster than most other EU countries.<\/p>\n

The Irish Fiscal Advisory Council has criticised the Government for excessively relying on volatile corporation tax receipts to prop up spending.<\/p>\n

The Exchequer returns show the growing economy has resulted in a 4.2% increase in taxes collected by the State so far this year.<\/p>\n

Between January and April \u20ac27.9 billion was received in tax payments, the Exchequer returns for April show – \u20ac1.1 billion more than in the same period of 2025.<\/p>\n

Income tax rose by 5.7% to \u20ac12.3 billion in the year to the end of April, a sign that the jobs market remains strong.<\/p>\n

Value Added Tax (VAT) was up 4.5% so far this year as consumer spending was healthy.<\/p>\n

Overall the figures show the State received more in tax so far this year than last year, when payments following the Apple tax case made last year are excluded.<\/p>\n

There was a \u20ac4.2 billion decline in the Exchequer balance in the first four months of the year due to payments to the Government’s two long term savings funds.<\/p>\n

The Exchequer returns also show excise was down 1.8% this year, while corporation tax was up 8.6% in the period.<\/p>\n

April is not a significant month for VAT or corporation tax payments.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Spending on wages by the Government is up 9.3% so far this year, which more than the 6.3% increase forecast in the Budget. Latest Exchequer returns from the Department of Finance show overall expenditure by the Department of Health is up 10.6%, while spending by the Department of Education has risen 9.3%. Expenditure by the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":39418,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ocean_post_layout":"","ocean_both_sidebars_style":"","ocean_both_sidebars_content_width":0,"ocean_both_sidebars_sidebars_width":0,"ocean_sidebar":"","ocean_second_sidebar":"","ocean_disable_margins":"enable","ocean_add_body_class":"","ocean_shortcode_before_top_bar":"","ocean_shortcode_after_top_bar":"","ocean_shortcode_before_header":"","ocean_shortcode_after_header":"","ocean_has_shortcode":"","ocean_shortcode_after_title":"","ocean_shortcode_before_footer_widgets":"","ocean_shortcode_after_footer_widgets":"","ocean_shortcode_before_footer_bottom":"","ocean_shortcode_after_footer_bottom":"","ocean_display_top_bar":"default","ocean_display_header":"default","ocean_header_style":"","ocean_center_header_left_menu":"","ocean_custom_header_template":"","ocean_custom_logo":0,"ocean_custom_retina_logo":0,"ocean_custom_logo_max_width":0,"ocean_custom_logo_tablet_max_width":0,"ocean_custom_logo_mobile_max_width":0,"ocean_custom_logo_max_height":0,"ocean_custom_logo_tablet_max_height":0,"ocean_custom_logo_mobile_max_height":0,"ocean_header_custom_menu":"","ocean_menu_typo_font_family":"","ocean_menu_typo_font_subset":"","ocean_menu_typo_font_size":0,"ocean_menu_typo_font_size_tablet":0,"ocean_menu_typo_font_size_mobile":0,"ocean_menu_typo_font_size_unit":"px","ocean_menu_typo_font_weight":"","ocean_menu_typo_font_weight_tablet":"","ocean_menu_typo_font_weight_mobile":"","ocean_menu_typo_transform":"","ocean_menu_typo_transform_tablet":"","ocean_menu_typo_transform_mobile":"","ocean_menu_typo_line_height":0,"ocean_menu_typo_line_height_tablet":0,"ocean_menu_typo_line_height_mobile":0,"ocean_menu_typo_line_height_unit":"","ocean_menu_typo_spacing":0,"ocean_menu_typo_spacing_tablet":0,"ocean_menu_typo_spacing_mobile":0,"ocean_menu_typo_spacing_unit":"","ocean_menu_link_color":"","ocean_menu_link_color_hover":"","ocean_menu_link_color_active":"","ocean_menu_link_background":"","ocean_menu_link_hover_background":"","ocean_menu_link_active_background":"","ocean_menu_social_links_bg":"","ocean_menu_social_hover_links_bg":"","ocean_menu_social_links_color":"","ocean_menu_social_hover_links_color":"","ocean_disable_title":"default","ocean_disable_heading":"default","ocean_post_title":"","ocean_post_subheading":"","ocean_post_title_style":"","ocean_post_title_background_color":"","ocean_post_title_background":0,"ocean_post_title_bg_image_position":"","ocean_post_title_bg_image_attachment":"","ocean_post_title_bg_image_repeat":"","ocean_post_title_bg_image_size":"","ocean_post_title_height":0,"ocean_post_title_bg_overlay":0.5,"ocean_post_title_bg_overlay_color":"","ocean_disable_breadcrumbs":"default","ocean_breadcrumbs_color":"","ocean_breadcrumbs_separator_color":"","ocean_breadcrumbs_links_color":"","ocean_breadcrumbs_links_hover_color":"","ocean_display_footer_widgets":"default","ocean_display_footer_bottom":"default","ocean_custom_footer_template":"","ocean_post_oembed":"","ocean_post_self_hosted_media":"","ocean_post_video_embed":"","ocean_link_format":"","ocean_link_format_target":"self","ocean_quote_format":"","ocean_quote_format_link":"post","ocean_gallery_link_images":"on","ocean_gallery_id":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[19,20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-39417","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","category-news","entry","has-media"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sharewatch.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39417","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sharewatch.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sharewatch.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sharewatch.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sharewatch.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39417"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sharewatch.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39417\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sharewatch.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39418"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sharewatch.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39417"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sharewatch.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39417"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sharewatch.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39417"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}