Jan O'Sullivan (Limerick City, Labour) | Oireachtas source

Local authorities did not have their money reduced this year. From next year onwards, 80% of the property tax will be retained by the relevant local authority and the remainder will be redistributed fairly. The money will be used for the purposes that Members have suggested, such as completing roads and footpaths, as well as for other local authority needs.

With regard to the argument by Deputies Wallace and Daly that certain estates should have been included, my Department was in contact with local authorities in February, before the list was drawn up, to ensure that the inclusion of estates was finalised by local authorities. They were to identify the estates that fitted the categories concerned.

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