Eamon Ryan suggests budget could be brought forward by up to a month

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The Environment Minister has suggested Budget 2023 could be brought forward by up to a month.

It comes amid growing pressure from opposition parties to introduce measures this summer, to help tackle the cost-of-living crisis.

Eamon Ryan also indicated some immediate measures - such as once-off fuel or food payments - can be introduced in Autumn, while longer term financial plans will kick in in January, as normal.

The Green party leader says bringing in new measures before September would be a bad idea:

"I think whether it's September or October, it's a minor change one way or the other. I think the opposition are calling for doing everything now, I think that's wrong for a number of reasons. Firstly, we've already engaged with National Economic Dialogue last week, with social partners, with the trade unions, with business, with NGOs and I think that partnership approach strengthens us as a country."