Pearse Doherty (Donegal, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 23:

In page 20, between lines 22 and 23, to insert the following:

“13.The Minister shall within 1 month of the passing of this Act, prepare and lay before Dáil Éireann a report considering the merits of a Vacant Home Tax.”.

A couple of weeks ago, we had a good debate on this issue on Committee Stage. I argued strongly that we needed to introduce a vacant home tax. We have the amendment that is tabled in my name but I note that, interestingly, amendment No. 79 commits the Minister to include in the Finance Bill a report within nine months. He is taking our clothes in the sense that we only do this because it is the only way we can put forward these types of amendments, whereas there are no restrictions on the Minister. Usually, a commitment on the floor would have sufficed-----

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