Budget 2027 Must Deliver on Government Promise to Reduce Business Costs: RGDATA

RGDATA has published its Budget 2027 submission which urges Government to deliver on its Programme for Government commitment and the many public comments by the Taoiseach and Senior Ministers that this Government will reduce the cost of doing business.

Specifically, RGDATA calls for the full and timely implementation of the Cost of Business Advisory Forum Report and for the recommendations from that Report which require budgetary measures to be implemented in Budget 2027.

RGDATA Director General Tara Buckley said:

“Budget 2027 must deliver measures that deliver a meaningful reduction in Business Costs. This is essential given the emphasis this Government has put on the establishment of the Cost of Business Forum and commentary from the Taoiseach and senior ministers that the work of the Forum will be recognised and acted upon.

If Budget 2027 does not enact the budgetary measures identified in the Cost of Business Advisory Forum Report 2027, then the commitments in the Programme for Government on business costs and the comments of the Taoiseach and senior Ministers will be counted as purely aspirational and worthless in practical terms.”

The RGDATA submission also calls for measures to address employment costs, insurance costs and reducing the red tape burden on independent convenience/grocery stores by 30%.