Leading in this morning's papers is news that the Coalition is planning to unveil a budget package of more than €6.5 billion, with significant increases in spending for tax changes and welfare increases. Jennifer Bray's report in the Irish Times says that sources have cautioned that "a public pay agreement will have to come from these figures, eating into the Government’s room to manoeuvre, and that much of the money in Budget 2023 will be used “simply to stand still”."