Joe Higgins (Dublin West, Socialist Party) | Oireachtas source

It is a little more complicated than that. The Thornhill report will be an important basis for this legislation, but the Taoiseach has indicated that it has not yet been brought to the Cabinet and is still with the Minister for the Environment, Community and local Government. When will it be brought to the Cabinet and published?

Second, the finance (local property tax) Bill is listed for the Department of Finance in the legislative programme, suggesting the Minister for Finance will introduce it. What is the crossover between the Department of the Environment, Community and local Government and the Department of Finance in this instance? Which Minister will be responsible for this horrifically regressive legislation?

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