Parliamentary Question addressed to the Minister for the Environment , Community and Local Government

To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he has received the report of the Expert Group set up to advise him on the proposed property tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter?

Reply

An independently chaired Inter-Departmental expert Group has been established to consider the structures and modalities for an equitable valuation based property tax.

The Group is expected to complete its work and make recommendations to me shortly. Following consideration of the Group’s recommendations, I will bring proposals to Government on the full property tax as soon as possible. It will then be a matter for the Government to decide on the structure and modalities of the full property tax.