Tax Code
Dail Éireann — 2025-12-09
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Pearse Doherty (SF), Donegal

The information the Minister is giving me is outdated, obviously. As he mentioned, it goes back to September. Since then the letters have gone out, the evaluations have been done and the returns have been filed. I assume going from his answer that he does not have information as to what percentage of people actually went up a band. I raise this issue because the Government introduced legislation that increased the band valuation by 20%, but when that legislatoin was introduced, house prices had already gone up 29%. In counties such as Donegal, Cavan, Leitrim, Monaghan and Sligo, they had already gone up 40%. All of those property owners are going to be hammered as a result of what the Government has done. Many houses are going to be moving up a band as a result of that. There is an issue if, for example, property owners go from the lower band up to the next band and they are being asked to pay an extra €140. Is the Minister telling me that he has no new information despite the fact that 1.4 million people have actually filed the returns? Is he saying he cannot tell me today what percentage has moved up a band or not?

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Sitting date: 2025-12-09