Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Independent) | Oireachtas source

The third funding stream is the property tax, which is essentially being used to replace the general purposes grant and is estimated to bring in €290 million in 2014. In a recent Sunday Business Post article, Michael Brennan outlined in graphic detail how only nine local authorities will have the capacity to fulfil the commitment to reduce the property tax by 15%.

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