- €4 billion increase in Government spending
- Health spending rises 11% to €14 billion
- Education spend up 8 per cent: To provide 800 extra teachers
- €1.5 billion for national roads programme in 2007
- Public transport funding rises 58 per cent to €780 million
- €142 million for childcare places - 50 per cent rise on 2006
- €381 million for Early Childcare Supplement
- Overseas Development Aid rises to €814 million in 2007
- €1.5 billion for affordable housing projects
- €76 million towards Lansdowne Rd redevelopment
- Agriculture spending rises €1.4 billion
- €1.3 billion for social and affordable housing
- €290 million to support Strategy for Science and Technology
Main Points of Budget Estimates 2007
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