It's been described by some as an election budget as the country heads into a General Election in the coming months.
Others felt there were missed opportunities while the issue of social housing was raised by a number of the Premier County's TDs.
When Michael Noonan took to his feet in the Dáil yesterday afternoon….much of what he was going to announce had already made it into the public arena…
There weren't a huge amount of surprises…with cuts to USC, a hike in the price of cigarettes, changes to taxation for the self-employed and an increase in the state pension all flagged beforehand…
Environment Minister and Tipperary TD Alan Kelly has described it as an expansionary budget…and says he is happy with it from a housing point of view.
However Independent Deputy Seamus Healy is critical of the lack of proposals to tackle the rental crisis.
The Clonmel based TD also says it's done nothing to ease the chronic local authority waiting lists.
An income tax credit of €5000 per annum for five years for those farming in a partnership who enter into an agreement to transfer the farm within a 10 year time frame was included in the Budget.
It's been described as a positive move by Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture Tom Hayes who says it will help deal with succession issues.
Independent Deputy Michael Lowry has welcomed Budget 2016 as the first in a number of years to give something back to the people.
However, despite this, he feels the Government failed to address a number of key issues.
For his part Deputy Mattie McGrath described it as an election budget and is critical of the many leaks.
While, Fine Gael TD Noel Coonan says the budget provides relief to many Tipperary people.
He has in particular welcomed the recruitment of an additional 600 Garda recruits in 2016 which will contribute to the local economy in Templemore.
