Joe McHugh (Donegal North East, Fine Gael)
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Question 349: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will explain the facility that is in place for persons with more than one property who are not in a position to pay the €200 levy and who are unable to sell the second home on the open market due to limited demand; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21525/10]

John Gormley (Dublin South East, Green Party)
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The Local Government (Charges) Act 2009, which sets out the provisions relating to the charge on non-principal private residences, does not provide for a waiver scheme. Owners of second properties would not normally be in a category of persons for whom a waiver scheme would generally be necessary or appropriate, and the charge is relatively modest. The Act places collection of the charge under the care and management of the relevant local authority.