Pearse Doherty (Donegal, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 40:

In page 114, between lines 29 and 30, to insert the following: “Report on the Vacant Homes Tax

87.The Minister shall, within six months of the passing of this Act, prepare and lay before Dáil Éireann a report on the vacant homes tax, including an assessment of options to include derelict properties within its scope, and to increase the amount of vacant homes tax to be charged in respect of a residential property in proportion to the length of time during which that property remains vacant.”.

This is the amendment we discussed earlier, so I will not make the point any further. We already had this discussion, which is about increasing the vacant homes tax. I will withdraw the amendment at this point, given that the Minister has said he will keep it under active consideration.