Seán Canney (Galway East, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I wish to ask about the residential zoned land tax. On 9 May 2023, the Taoiseach told me that he had spoken to the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, Deputy Darragh O'Brien, and the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery, and Reform, Deputy Donohoe, about anomalies that had arisen in the context of the Finance Act whereby people in R2 zoned land would be taxed even though the land could not be built on. It also emerged that functional farmers who wanted to continue to farm would be penalised as well. I have been contacted by a considerable number of farmers, especially around the Tuam and Athenry areas, where local area plans are being developed at the moment. They are concerned that they will be unable to meet the payment of these taxes from their farming income when they want to dezone their land to ensure that their farms remain functional farms. Have the anomalies to which I refer been sorted out? Will the Finance Act be amended and, if so, when? I am looking for some comfort for these farmers.

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