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

I am conscious of the area of the country the Deputy represents and the area of the country that I represent. I am also conscious that property prices, inflation, capital tax, etc., can place a real burden on people, particularly in circumstances where they inherit, for example, family homes. These are real issues that come across our desks and into our lives as we interact with people we represent. We will continue to keep them under review. We have to keep them under review in the context of all of the other pressures and the various tax packages that we bring forward.
In the final budget of the previous Government, in which the Deputy's party and mine were both involved, we made adjustments to the thresholds. We made those adjustments effective in the context of gifts and inheritance taken on or after 2 October 2024. We will continue to keep this under review in forthcoming budgets.
Each year, we produce tax strategy papers. We have a tax strategy group. Perhaps, in light of some of the suggestions the Deputy has made, this is something I will ask our tax strategy group to consider in advance of future budgets.

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Sitting date: 2025-12-09