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Finance (Local Property Tax) (Amendment) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (5 Mar 2013)

Michael Noonan: I am not sure what point the Deputy was making but obviously if a house is impaired, it is relevant. It is similar to the point I made about flooding along the Tolka, which other Deputies raised. If a house is subject to flooding, it is reasonable when one is returning one's self-assessment to the Revenue Commissioners to allow for that fact, which takes the value down. However, I disagree...

Finance (Local Property Tax) (Amendment) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (5 Mar 2013)

Michael Noonan: A house is an expensive thing to run and if it was worth nothing, I would be meeting them on the road every day and they would be saying "I have a house for you Michael, here it is for you, it is only costing me money". We should not exaggerate the position. Everything has value and all we are asking is that people put a value on it. Obviously, if a residence is seriously impaired by the...

Finance (Local Property Tax) (Amendment) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (5 Mar 2013)

Michael Noonan: He said it might be because of process.

Finance (Local Property Tax) (Amendment) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (5 Mar 2013)

Michael Noonan: Does the Deputy know of any case where legislation was deemed to be unconstitutional because Opposition Deputies did not have enough time to debate it? There were assumptions on the part of some Deputies that adapting a house to enable a disabled person to live there would increase the value of that house. That is not true because in many cases, the adaption of a house to suit disabled...

Finance (Local Property Tax) (Amendment) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (5 Mar 2013)

Michael Noonan: They have the same recognition.

Finance (Local Property Tax) (Amendment) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (5 Mar 2013)

Michael Noonan: There are many questions and I will try to get through them and be as helpful as I can.

Finance (Local Property Tax) (Amendment) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (5 Mar 2013)

Michael Noonan: The big difference between pyrite damaged homes and homes that have a radon gas problem is that according to the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government, the radon gas problem can be remediated at very low cost, whereas pyrite is far more expensive. I rely on the technical information on housing from the Department and the note it provided on radon gas states that high...

Finance (Local Property Tax) (Amendment) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (5 Mar 2013)

Michael Noonan: I know it is emotional but according to the technical people in the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government, if there are high levels of radon in a house, they can be fixed at low cost. A test to establish the level of radon in a house can be done for €56. This is a different case from pyrite, and while there will be an exemption for homes affected by pyrite,...

Finance (Local Property Tax) (Amendment) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (5 Mar 2013)

Michael Noonan: I heard Deputy Mattie McGrath all right.

Finance (Local Property Tax) (Amendment) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (5 Mar 2013)

Michael Noonan: If I stated if something was going to be interfered with, it implies that the person going to be interfered with is willing to be interfered with.

Finance (Local Property Tax) (Amendment) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (5 Mar 2013)

Michael Noonan: That was the charge Deputy Mattie McGrath made.

Finance (Local Property Tax) (Amendment) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (5 Mar 2013)

Michael Noonan: Deputy Mattie McGrath suggested that in a particular constituency the Revenue will hold back the assessment letters which are due to go out because there was a by-election pending in it. The Revenue does not operate that way.

Finance (Local Property Tax) (Amendment) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (5 Mar 2013)

Michael Noonan: One of the best things we have in the country is a public service that is above reproach. In particular, the Revenue has very high standards.

Finance (Local Property Tax) (Amendment) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (5 Mar 2013)

Michael Noonan: They have very high standards indeed.

Finance (Local Property Tax) (Amendment) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (5 Mar 2013)

Michael Noonan: All the Deputies on the Dáil committee last week were full of their praise for the chairperson of the Revenue Commissioners.

Finance (Local Property Tax) (Amendment) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (5 Mar 2013)

Michael Noonan: Deputy Dara Murphy raised the issue of flooding and flood relief works. The value may rise considerably after relief works are carried out. However, if value was previously self-assessed honestly, there will be no comeback from the Revenue. There will be no retroaction activity by the Revenue on this. Indeed, values determined now will be valid until 2016. If one's flooding problem is...

Finance (Local Property Tax) (Amendment) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (5 Mar 2013)

Michael Noonan: Deputy Pearse Doherty raised the issue of local authorities. He is correct. The Bill states that the charge will be a charge on the local authority and then, if the local authority decides to absorb that charge, and some local authorities still are in a position to absorb charges, then it is free to do so. If, on the other hand, the local authorities want to pass it on, if it is a reserve...

Finance (Local Property Tax) (Amendment) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (5 Mar 2013)

Michael Noonan: We can wash our hands of it if those we elect to local authorities are not capable of making decisions along these lines.

Finance (Local Property Tax) (Amendment) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (5 Mar 2013)

Michael Noonan: Somebody inquired about management fees. The requirement to pay management fees is not relevant in determining liability to property tax. Properties in managed estates to which such fees apply would have been purchased by their owners in the knowledge that they would be taking on a commitment to partake in and fund the management of the estate, and that it was the intention that many such...

Finance (Local Property Tax) (Amendment) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (5 Mar 2013)

Michael Noonan: -----and a sinking fund for certain repairs to buildings. These are costs which home owners and other households themselves must fund for their own-----