Eamon Gilmore (Dún Laoghaire, Labour)

No. The household charge has been introduced by the Government as an interim measure. It will be replaced by a property tax. The Government is working on its proposals for the property tax as to how it will be calculated, what sizes of property will be taken into account, arrangements on ability to pay and so on.

At some stage when Deputy Adams gets around to it, I would be very interested to hear Sinn Féin's proposals on a property tax.

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