Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 16 January 2018

Committee on Budgetary Oversight

Local Property Tax and Commercial Stamp Duty: Department of Finance

4:00 pm

Photo of John LahartJohn Lahart (Dublin South West, Fianna Fail)
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On the question of inability to pay, the people on the ground, particularly older people and those on State pensions who live in their own homes, tend to mind their budgets and the idea of deferring a debt until the sale of their house after their death is anathema to them. That is a significant issue.

What yield does the Department want from LPT?