Finance Bill 2024: Committee and Remaining Stages
Seanad Éireann — 2024-11-06
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Paul Gavan (SF), Labour Panel

I move recommendation No. 2:
In page 12, between lines 4 and 5, to insert the following:
“Report on Rent Tax Credit
6. The Minister shall, within one month of the passing of this Act, prepare and lay before Dáil Éireann a report on the Rent Tax Credit operating in the absence of a cap on rents, making a direct comparison between the amount of the credit and rent increases across the State for each year that the credit has been in operation.”.
To be frank, I will briefly discuss these recommendations because they are very straightforward.
Recommendation No. 2 calls for a report on rent tax credit. Due to the huge increase in rents a report on rent tax credit would be very valuable. Recommendation No. 3 seeks a report on mortgage interest relief, which I have already sort of explained. Recommendation No. 4 seeks a report on the affordability of housing under the local authority affordable purchase scheme. Sinn Féin calls for these reports and I hope that the Minister will accept these very reasonable measures.

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Sitting date: 2024-11-06