Pearse Doherty (Donegal South West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Only a portion of houses that are available for the relief charge €10,000, so it is unlikely that they will all rush to that level anyway. One suggestion for the Minister that could be done to assist the situation relates to the Union of Students in Ireland, USI, which is targeting areas adjacent to colleges. It has dropped leaflets in areas informing people about the availability of rented room relief as many people are unaware of it. Revenue is writing to households throughout the State to inform people about their local property tax liability.

This relief is applied by Revenue. Revenue would probably be able to target the areas around UCD and DCU, and so on, in conjunction with USI or another organisation. Why does Revenue not begin an information campaign on this issue? Fair play to the USI for doing its civic duty, but it is not right that it is dropping leaflets in streets. There should be more awareness of the new thresholds and I ask the Minister to look into-----