Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 25 May 2010
360 Deputy Pat Rabbitte asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if a separated couple are exempt from the non-principal private residence charge when the second residence becomes the primary residence of one party; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21739/10]
View answerThe Local Government (Charges) Act 2009 which sets out the provisions of the non-principal private residence charge, provides at section 4(4) for an exemption to the charge in the case of a property where the owner is, or was, a party to a marriage, the other party to that marriage lives in the property in question as his or her sole or main residence and where a decree of divorce or judicial separation has been granted in respect of the marriage.
