Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Monday, 16 November 2020
Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach
Finance Bill 2020: Committee Stage
Pearse Doherty (Donegal, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source
As I have said, kicking, dragging and screaming. We might get to a point where the Minister may move on this, but the tax structure of these has not changed. They have been getting away with blue murder, and the problem here is not just tax. The problem is that they are significant players in the rental sector and set a baseline in terms of rents, and they are the largest landlords in the State. Commercial property is not a key area. I have been warning for a long time that a bubble was emerging in commercial property, so I am not sure that we should celebrate their role. I will press both amendments anyway, as they are key.
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