Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 24 November 2022
Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government
Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Supplementary)
Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source
We will work with the sector to resolve sites that are not suitable for housing. That is something that we will do, potentially, through the Housing Finance Agency, as well. We have seen the number of interest-only loans significantly reduce but there is still a burden there. I acknowledge that.
The local property tax is an important stream of funding for local government. For those who want to abolish it, it is difficult if one wants to abolish local property tax to come in and say that we are not getting enough local property tax. I am a little confused about the point that the Deputy is trying to make.
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