Dáil debates

Tuesday, 30 January 2018

5:40 pm

Photo of Richard Boyd BarrettRichard Boyd Barrett (Dún Laoghaire, People Before Profit Alliance) | Oireachtas source

Karl. The spectre I refer to is the unfair property tax and the dramatic hikes because of property prices increasing by 71%.

5 o’clock

The Minister has acknowledged the folly of this unfair property tax by deferring the initial revaluation and is now talking about a cross-departmental review. Does he not think it is time to acknowledge that there is no way of tweaking the property tax that will make it fair because by its nature, it is regressive and will hit low and middle-income families?

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