Phil Hogan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I am not in a position to clarify a number of those issues today because they form part of the finance Bill. The regulations for the implementation of this tax will form part of that Bill in coming weeks when it will become clear. However, there is an issue of equity here. Some people in local authority estates, perhaps in tenant purchase schemes, are paying a contribution under the household charge or the property tax while somebody paying rent to a local authority is paying nothing in terms of making a contribution to the provision of services in his or her estate. There is an issue here that needs to be addressed and how it will happen is a matter that needs to be worked out between the Minister for Finance and the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government in the context of the finance Bill.

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