Tax Code
Dail Éireann — 2025-12-09
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Simon Harris (FG), Wicklow

That is okay, but we are not. We are committed to the local property tax as a sustainable way of trying to fund local services. We have a situation where more is now being returned to local authorities. Council chambers across the country, including the Deputy's own councillors, engaging in discussions about what to do with that revenue base that the local authorities now have. We have also increased the level of discretion that they have, which is quite important. If we give local authorities a revenue base, allowing our local councillors to determine what best to do and to have a greater level of variance, is a good thing to do. To reflect on some of the points the Deputy made, in some parts of the country there can be particular local reasons, particular anomalies or particular needs that councillors may wish to be able to reflect on as well. This is an example of a tax that has bedded in pretty well and most people in this country accept that it is an important part of funding our local services.

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Sitting date: 2025-12-09