The Finance Bill has passed all stages in the Dáil after the Government won the vote on the report and final stages by 81 votes to 76.
The Finance Bill is set to be passed in the Dáil after Independents Michael Lowry and Jackie-Healy Rae earlier announced they would vote in favour of it.
There are fresh doubts over the passage of the Finance Bill through the Dáil, despite cross-party agreement to accelerate its progress.
European stocks were little changed as the region’s finance chiefs meet today to work on a new strategy to contain the sovereign-debt crisis. Asian shares and U.S. futures fell.
French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde says she and her counterparts in the eurozone are discussing changes to the currency union's bailout fund for countries that run into financial trouble, including increasing its size.
The Easton Board of Finance has decided not to take part in an informal committee to explore different structures and ways of working for the Easton, Redding and Region 9 school boards. Some Board of Finance members said at a meeting on Tuesday, Jan. 4, that they do not see the need for such a committee and believe the school board should instead focus intensely on other work ahead.
