Clare Daly (Dublin North, Socialist Party)

The Minister has clearly linked the property tax with the household tax. Does the Minister intend to move to the property tax next year, ahead of schedule, as some reports would seem to indicate or is it his intention to keep it for two years and then move to a property tax? He refers to a new source of funding in respect of the non-principal private residence and the household charge but, obviously, that is not the case as the funds collected here were offset against a reduction in central taxation. How does he view the property tax in that regard along with talk of having that income deducted from people's earnings? How does this fit with the idea of it being a new source of taxation if it were to be deducted at source?

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