There's just over an hour to go before Budget 2016 is unveiled.
Tax cuts, welfare increases, childcare places and a freezing of the local property tax will be among the highlights.
Meanwhile in Clare, a last minute bid has been made by Clare County Council to be recognised in the budget.
This budget – the coalition's last before the election – seems to have something for everyone.
Workers will benefit from USC cuts, minimum wage workers will get 50 cent an hour extra, the self employed will get tax credits.
Welfare recipients get more too – a 75% Christmas bonus in December, the old age pension up 3 euro a week.
The respite care grant will be restored to 77,000 carers.
Children will get an extra year free preschool or childcare and the money has been found to extend free doctor visits to under 12's.
More Gardai will be recruited, more teachers will be put in schools, the local property tax will be frozen until at least 2019.
Arriving at Government Buildings, Michael Noonan says the Budget will secure the economy and boost services.
The Sinn Féin President says this morning’s Budget leaks point to a return of ‘auction politics’. Gerry Adams says he’s not impressed
Clare's County Councillors have passed a motion seeking a range of measures that they say would improve the county's economy, including an additional €10m in the local government fund.
They are also seeking a reduction in VAT to 21%, an extension of the lower 9% tourism VAT rate to more businesses, and an easing of the tax burden on the self-employed.
Shannon Independent Councillor Gerry Flynn says its not an unreasonable request
