Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 28 February 2019
Public Accounts Committee
2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government
9:00 am
Mr. John McCarthy:
For some local authorities which are in surplus, population changes translate into more houses. By virtue of this fact, the local property tax base is stronger, albeit only 80% is retained locally, while 20% goes into the equalisation fund. Going back to the needs and resources issue-----
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