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broaden the tax base. He is against all our attempts to do that. He is against carbon tax. He is against local property tax. I ask him not to stand up here and point out to me the dangers of a narrow tax base when he is against

deliver a for-purchase property, so that will involve the State giving subsidies. As for how the State can do that, we can make direct transfers to the local authority, prepare the services and the site, provide it by way of tax changes or make changes to levies

News at One" said nothing is off the table as far as tax cuts are concerned. The Minister for Finance, on the other hand, is saying clearly that Celtic tiger tax cuts should not and cannot return. The idea that the solution to this crisis is to dust … land management and land activation unit in each local authority and why we seek to scale up the LDA to meet this challenge. We also need a stick, and that is why we need to see the vacant homes tax at least tripled. The Government talks about cutting

compliance issues" had been dealt with via legislation; - however, since 2020, investment funds controlling more than €28 billion worth of Irish property have reduced their tax payments by half, from €74 million to €32 million; - the proportion of new housing available for sale has nearly halved … Government to: - close loopholes which allow investment funds aggressively avoid tax; - increase the stamp duty levy on the bulk purchase of homes to 100 per cent, and extend it to apartments; - instead of introducing further tax breaks for developers and vulture funds, access European Union streams of finance

note there have been some important policy changes in recent years - the introduction of cost rental housing, the vacant property refurbishment grant and the new land hoarding tax – but we still have a dysfunctional housing market. People are still struggling significantly to access home ownership and rents … norm in every local authority. There has been much focus in recent years on how difficult it has been to build up social housing construction capacity within local authorities. While that is correct, it has not been acknowledged that tackling vacancy and dereliction at local authority level

affecting the tenant in situ scheme and the failure to protect tenants from eviction. Just 2,000 homes were liable for the vacant property tax last year when there are at least 88,000 vacant homes. The Minister talks about the private sector. A significant proportion … social and affordable housing. We have heard in the debate from people across this country who are very clear that the councils, our local authorities, are not funded sufficiently to develop on land banks, tackle vacancy and tackle dereliction. They do not have the capacity to deliver

total budget, which is an incredible situation. We have had €2.5 billion on the children's hospital, 67 vacant OPW properties and 4,000 empty local authority homes, all during a national housing crisis, bike sheds, security huts, the WRC wall, the great wall of Tara, €7 million … scanner. It is absolutely incredible. There is a significant pattern. We have citizens to the pin of their collar in terms of the taxes they are being charged, the charges they are paying on a daily basis and yet we have this Government incinerating its taxpayers' money

thank the Minister of State for his reply. The introduction of any new tax or levy will never be a popular initiative. I fully acknowledge that if the Government took a decision that the way in which the recommendations of the Dublin city task force were … that if the Government, as it will be, is faced with the funding choices for these recommendations, ultimately the choice will be whether local property taxpayers should pay for the rejuvenation of Dublin city. Will smaller business ratepayers pay for the funding of the rejuvenation of Dublin city

housing for sale, if they sell it, will be cheaper. The rents will not be cheaper either. I will give the local example of Lucan swimming pool. For some reason, South Dublin County Council decided to tender out the management of this pool, which … should be giving breaks to small landlords, those who own one property and have been keeping people on reduced rents for years but are being squeezed out of the market, or the single property investor. I agree with rent pressure zones and keeping rents down, but if there

rent and affordable housing to buy for working people on middle incomes. These households are burdened with the highest rents and significant taxes. They need to be supported by the State. The current situation is not acceptable and it is delaying people settling down and starting families, which … disagree with the Housing Commission recommendation to stop some home ownership routes, such as the ending of the tenant purchase scheme for local authority tenants. As I have previously said in this House, home ownership has social benefits beyond underlying cost and it should be supported

does not mean the party is uninterested. I am here representing the Government and I can assure Members that the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage is aware of the debate that is ongoing today. What we can all agree on is that a substantial increase … expected timeline for completion is quarter 1 of 2025. Under Housing for All, the Government is committed to increasing the supply of rental properties, protecting renters and encouraging sustainable investment. The review will examine the operations of rent pressure zones since their introduction, assess their impact

housing emergency because there are no rental properties available to rent in Kildare South. Many landlords continue to refuse HAP and a number of tenants are afraid to report poor and dire living conditions to their local authorities because if they … there is simply no other place to rent. I am aware that many local authority houses are taking years to return to council stock. I am aware of houses purchased by local authorities that stand idle years after their purchase, many still at the so-called first stage

general taxation system... In other Member States where city taxes and accommodation levies are applied, the levy is collected at local level, by Local Authorities, who oversee the collection and redistribution of funds for projects locally. If such a levy were to be introduced here, the same system … expenditure in Dublin has increased for the last 17 consecutive quarters so it could be weathered. Ultimately, this is about a choice. Should local property taxpayers pay? Should small ratepayers pay or should it be a combination of providers that can contribute to the rejuvenation of our city

Housing, Local Government and Heritage. The first is to end rent pressure zones without a safety net for renters while the second is to return to the era of Celtic tiger tax breaks for developers. Indeed, just now on the radio, the Minister said that tax breaks must … understand the Minister, Deputy Donohoe, has set his face repeatedly against the introduction of tax breaks for developers. The former Minister for housing, Eoghan Murphy, documented this in his own book where tax breaks were previously ruled out. Both parties are contradicting each other on this

budget 2025 as an apparent replacement for the Government's refusal to reduce VAT rates. However, the criteria the Department laid down to local authorities for this grant have proven unworkable and unfair and leave many businesses locked out of the scheme. It is ironic that this scheme … criterion. Another issue in cases with which I have engaged are instances where a business pays its rates to the business property owner. That property owner in turn pays rates to the county council, as is correct, but there is no way for the person renting the businesses