2013 Irish budget

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{{Infobox Government Budget

| title = Irish budget

| year = 2013

| country = Ireland

| previous_budget = 2012 Irish budget

| previous_year = 2012

| next_budget = 2014 Irish budget

| next_year = 2014

| minister = Michael Noonan (FG)

| finance_minister_title = Minister for Finance

| otherminister = Brendan Howlin (Lab)

| other_minister_title = Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform

| presented = 5 December 2012

| passed =

| parliament = 31st Dáil

| government = 29th Government of Ireland

| party = {{ubl|Fine Gael|Labour Party}}

| Total_Revenue =

| Total_Expenditures =

| deficit =

| url = {{URL|http://www.budget.gov.ie/Budgets/2013/2013.aspx|Budget 2013}}

}}

The 2013 Irish budget was the Irish Government budget for the 2013 fiscal year, presented to Dáil Éireann on 5 December 2012.{{cite web|url= http://www.independent.ie/opinion/comment/johnny-fallon-why-budget-2013-could-be-the-last-straw-for-many-3314985.html|title=Why Budget 2013 could be the last straw for many|date=3 December 2012|work=Irish Independent|accessdate=3 December 2012}} It was the second budget of the 29th Government of Ireland.{{cite web|url=http://www.moneyguideireland.com/budget-2013-what-can-ireland-expect.html|title=Budget 2013 What Ireland can expect?|date=3 December 2012|work=Moneyguide Ireland|accessdate=3 December 2012}}

The budget saw the introduction of the local property tax at rates of 0.18% per annum and 0.25% per annum.{{cite web|url=http://www.rte.ie/news/2012/1205/live-budget-2013.html|title= Budget 2013 - As It Happened|date=5 December 2012 |work=RTÉ News|accessdate=6 December 2012 }}{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2012/dec/05/ireland-austerity-budget|title= Ireland budget imposes more austerity|date=5 December 2012 |work=The Guardian|accessdate=6 December 2012 }}

Child benefit will be cut by €10 a month with €61m cuts in other household benefits. College fees will also rise in the next year by €250 a student while motor tax will also increase.

A packet of 20 cigarettes increases by 10-cent while excise duty on a pint or beer or cider will increase by 10-cent, on a standard measure of spirits by 10-cent, and on a bottle of wine by €1.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-20608238|title= Ireland budget: Local property tax introduced|date=5 December 2012|work=BBC News|accessdate=6 December 2012}}

On 13 December 2012, Labour Party TD Colm Keaveney voted against the government on cuts to the respite care grant leading to his loss of the party whip.{{cite news|url=http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2012/1213/breaking22.html|title=Labour chairman Keaveney votes against Government|work=The Irish Times|accessdate=13 December 2012}}