Clare Daly (Dublin North, United Left) | Oireachtas source

It is a very poor reflection on the Department of Finance and very regrettable that I have to ask this question again. I have spoken about it on the record for almost two years and the Minister is on the record as agreeing with me. Home owners whose properties are virtually valueless because they have pyrite are supposed to have an exemption from the property tax. However, because the manner in which that tax is being implemented, they have not been able to avail of it.

It is something the Minister said he would have addressed long before now but, as we speak, people in that situation are getting demands from Revenue for a tax on a property that is worthless. Why has this been buried in the overall property tax review when it was well flagged as something that needed independent action before now?

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