Importantly, local property tax also contributes to the broadening of our tax system, with approximately 2 million properties liable for local property tax, the majority of which are principal private residences. All property owners benefit from the essential local services local property tax helps to fund. If any future Government were to make a decision to abolish the local property tax, the question is where we would find the further €600 million to take the place of the local property tax revenue that is currently being brought in.
It is a minority of all who pay the local property tax. For those reasons, the local property tax is an important tax to keep. The amendment seeks a report within six months of the passing of the Act on the potential for broadening the tax base by increasing the local property tax for owners of multiple properties.
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Tellers: Tá, Deputies Cian O'Callaghan and Sinéad Gibney; Níl, Deputies Mary Butler and Emer Currie.
| Question | Result | Tá–Níl |
|---|---|---|
| Amendment put: | Lost | 64–82 |
| Amendment put: | Lost | 47–104 |
| Question put: "That the Bill do now pass." | Carried | 104–48 |
| Amendment put: | Carried | 85–67 |
| Amendment put: | Carried | 82–69 |
| Question put: "That the motion, as amended, be agreed to." | Carried | 83–69 |
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