Kathryn Reilly (Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 2:

In page 3, between lines 11 and 12, to insert the following:“3. (1) The Local Government (Household Charge) Act 2011 is hereby repealed in its entirety.

(2) This repeal will be deemed to have come into operation on the date of enactment of this Act.”.

As I mentioned on Second Stage, we submitted a raft of amendments that would have the effect of completely repealing the Finance (Local Property Tax) Act, for the reasons we underlined on Second Stage. The Minister of State knows we do not agree with the property tax, do not believe it is working and that is why we are calling for a review of it. We believe it should be removed completely. The raft of amendments we submitted were to be read together. However, they were not included as we wished. The reason behind the amendments was the hope the tax would be repealed.