Your essential end-of-week politics catch up: Pearse Doherty let fly at over ‘crazy’ pension plans
Your essential end-of-week politics catch up: Pearse Doherty lets fly over ‘crazy’ pension plans’s personal satisfaction rating has dropped to 30 per cent. This time last year, she had personal approving ratings of 42 per cent in the same polling series. Sinn Féin are losing votes across all age groups now, and Fine Gael are picking up votes across the same groups. This time last year, Fine Gael commanded the support of 19 per cent of 50 to 64 year olds. That has now risen to 32 per cent.
The question is: has Simon Harris peaked? And even if he hasn’t, and further gains lie ahead, will any of it be enough to win seats for a raft of new and relatively unknown candidates?Budget kites flying high let fly at the Government this week over plans to gradually increase the current €2 million tax-free limit on pensions by €200,000 a year from 2026 until it reaches €2.8 million in 2028.
Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly, meanwhile, is pushing for the roll out of the long-awaited digital health records across the health service. Jack Horgan Jones will look at the emerging fault lines in the Coalition ahead of Budget 2025 and the general election.Harris lauds Land Development Agency’s almost 600-home Dublin scheme
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