An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business
Dail Éireann — 2022-11-22
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Joan Collins (I4C), Dublin South-Central

Dublin City Council's annual budget meeting was held last night. Six councillors voted against it, including Councillors Pat Dunne and Sophie Nicoullaud. I support their position. Between amendments and variations on vacancy refunds, the fundamental baseline of the budget is wrong. When the local property tax was introduced, it was clearly stated by the Government that the tax would assist in funding better services and that people in Dublin city and all over the country would see better services in their local authority areas. Despite that, Dublin City Council has taken in €94.5 million in local property tax, which is €12.5 million more than last year. This is due to a review of valuations and the equalisation fund being done away with. When that was announced, it was said there would be additional funding for local authorities. In reality, virtually all of that €27 million extra-----

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Sitting date: 2022-11-22