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"It's less hassle for them to sit on a vacant site!"

Housing Minister Darragh O'Brien has said that the Government is planning to introduce a vacant p...

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22.42 23 May 2022


"It's less hassle for them to sit on a vacant site!"


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Housing Minister Darragh O'Brien has said that the Government is planning to introduce a vacant property tax in Budget 2023 which could impact on an estimated 137,000 properties. A vacant designation would be based on data collated by the local property tax.

Fergus O’Dowd Fine Gael TD for Louth joined Kieran to discuss what impact a tax would have and why so many houses lay vacant while the country battles through the housing crisis.

 

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