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want properties returned to the long-term, residential market in areas where housing demand is acute. In recent decades, huge commercial investors have been allowed to buy up huge portfolios of properties in communities. These vulture funds make huge profits and pay very little tax. There … also need a practical, affordable process for existing operators, sufficient resources for Fáilte Ireland and local authorities and a clear plan to protect local tourism capacity. Will the Minister explain how local authorities are expected to process thousands of additional planning applications or how Fáilte Ireland will have

should certainly be abolished and the services returned to the local authorities, which looked after these services in the past. I refer to the question of vacancy and dereliction. Pushing the derelict site tax out to June 2028 is not good enough, particularly in relation to large-scale … auction. I think a developer has been sitting on that for years. The derelict site tax should be brought into being immediately with regard to large developers that are sitting on properties. We also have a problem with gardaí right across the constituency. The new Garda districts, which

simply an industry but the backbone of the local economy in many towns and villages. It supports thousands of jobs, sustains local businesses and provides an important source of income for families throughout the county. Short-term letting is an essential part of that tourism offering. Kerry … amount to some people, but for an older person or rural household in Kerry, that money can pay for heating, car insurance, motor tax or essential repairs. I have received representations from constituents from Tarbert to Kenmare, Sneem to Tralee, Killarney to Dingle, Killorglin to Rathmore and Cahersiveen

paper at least, require operators to double-check with the local authority and put a lot of pressure on the local authorities to say that the properties met planning regulations. I will give the example of a multigenerational holiday home, whereby there are relatives who own a holiday … rent out that property to a tenant and get into a legal agreement with a tenant, so what do they do? They rent out the property because they are living close by. They make a few quid out of it. They are fully tax compliant, they record

Question No. 430, to state clearly whether any assessment has been undertaken by the Department of the extent to which increases in local property tax receipts since 2021 have resulted in additional local authority services rather than maintaining existing service levels; if so, whether it will be published

authorities was reduced in each of the years 2024, 2025 and to date in 2026, as a result of increases in estimated local property tax yield; and whether Cork City Council and Cork County Council are equalisation or self-funding authorities for 2026. [75364/26

intention, under proposed new arrangements for the collection and enforcement of the derelict sites levy/derelict property tax by the Revenue Commissioners, for all monies collected to be transferred to the relevant local authorities in whose administrative areas the liable properties are located; and the mechanism by which such

Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if the Derelict Property Tax announced as part of Budget 2027 will involve any ring-fencing of the revenue raised for direct use by local authorities; and, if not, the rationale for this decision. [75357/26

asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if provision exists within the vacant property refurbishment grant scheme for discretion or exceptional arrangements where a homeowner has complied with all scheme requirements, including verifying and submitting a contractor's valid tax clearance certificate prior to the commencement