An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business
Seanad Éireann — 2023-04-26
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Alice-Mary Higgins (IND), National University of Ireland

Thank you. It is a very small point in regard to the housing piece. I am delighted with anything that pushes vacant properties into use, but I am very concerned that we have been waiting a long time with the carrots when we have sticks that have not been used adequately. The 0.3% vacant house levy is deeply inadequate. Back in 2017, in the Seanad, we proposed a much higher levy.

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