Ireland's government on Tuesday outlined how it intends to deploy more than $14 billion in back taxes from Apple.

Ireland plans to use a €14bn windfall from Apple’s unpaid taxes, following an ECJ ruling, to boost infrastructure rather than political giveaways.

Ireland on Tuesday unveiled a 2025 budget that includes tax cuts and increased social benefits, and announced a huge surplus in 2024 thanks to billions of euros in Apple back-taxes. The state's 2024 finances have been boosted by 14 billion euros in back-taxes from Apple,

Ireland will hand voters billions of euros of tax cuts and spending increases and outline plans to use a whopping Apple back tax windfall to improve the country's creaking infrastructure in Tuesday's bumper pre-election budget.

Ireland is to receive the back taxes from Apple as a result of a landmark ruling in the European Court of Justice last month.

More billions are on the way from the tech giant as the Irish hoover up multinational taxes at a breakneck pace — but struggle to build what this booming nation needs.

The European Court of Justice’s (ECJ) ruling last month that Apple pay billions of euros of back taxes and interest to the Republic has “provided the State with one-off revenue that has the capacity to be transformational”, Mr Chambers said in the Dáil as he unveiled Budget 2025.

Ireland’s government is about to present a giveaway budget to woo voters as it takes advantage of a financial position that’s the envy of many European countries.

The Irish government handed voters 10.5 billion euros of tax cuts and spending increases in a pre-election budget on Tuesday that also outlined how it will use a 14 billion euro ($15.6 billion) Apple tax windfall to improve creaking infrastructure.