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Local property tax exemptions

Summary

Deputy Mattie McGrath raised an anomaly affecting unfinished estates previously exempt from the household charge; the Taoiseach said such estates would generally remain exempt from local property tax.

The Finance (Local Property Tax) (Amendment Bill) 2013 will be taken on Friday. However, there is an anomaly in that estates classified as category 3 and 4 in the household charge and were deemed ineligible for the household charge tax are now included in the house tax. South Tipperary County Council submitted an estate in my constituency-----

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Seán Barrett An Ceann Comhairle Fine Gael

Hold on there, Deputy.

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There are probably many others. Now that they have been omitted by the Department in the-----

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Seán Barrett An Ceann Comhairle Fine Gael

The Deputy can make all these points when we debate the legislation.

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There is a disconnect between the Department and local authorities. Will the Taoiseach clarify the position on this as it is important for the householders who live in unfinished estates?

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Seán Barrett An Ceann Comhairle Fine Gael

It cannot be raised on the Order of Business.

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