1. Budget 2018 - Have you heard the news?
Is the news good or bad?

2. Represent your understanding of the word budget in words.
What is a Budget?
Task
Represent your understanding of the word budget in words.
Represent your understanding of the word budget as a picture.
Represent your understanding of the word budget as a sum.

3. What is a Budget?
Budgeting is the process of creating a plan to spend your money. People create budgets in advance of spending so that they can decide whether they can do the things they need to do and want to do.
WorldBook Online Article

4. Identify the Minister of Finance for Ireland...
Leo Varadkar
Paschal Donohoe
Michael D. Higgins
Richard Bruton

5. Imagine that you are the Minister for Finance...
Decide in groups of four, how you will spread out the spending for the budget. Consider the following areas of spending.
Education
Health
Defence
Culture, Heritage & Gaeltacht
Transport Tourism and Sport
Housing, Planning & Local Government
Rural & Community Development
Children & Youth Affairs
Communications, Climate Action

6. Most Spending
Least Spending

7. Did you know? Schools have access to the Irish Newspaper Archive when in school… Analyse the budget through articles by browsing the papers...