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Dáil
‹ Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Domestic Service Charges.

Farm rates as a replacement revenue source

Summary

De Rossa asks whether farm rates will be introduced to replace those abolished, arguing their restoration could remove the need for local charges; the Chair rules it a separate question.

Does the Minister propose introducing any farm rates, for instance, to replace the farmer taxation——

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Thomas J. Fitzpatrick An Ceann Comhairle Fine Gael

That is a separate question. I am calling Deputy Molloy.

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Would the Minister not agree that there would not be any necessity for these new local charges if the Government replaced the farm rates abolished more than a year ago?

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