Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 9 October 2012
416. Deputy Dominic Hannigan asked the Minister for the Environment; Community and Local Government his plans to exempt homes that have confirmed pyrite from the property tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42829/12]
View answerI have recently published the report of the independent Pyrite Panel. The Pyrite Report recommends that consideration be given to providing an exemption from the proposed property tax, for a set period, for dwellings where damage from pyritic heave has been proved by testing. While the Government will have regard to this recommendation as appropriate in the context of the proposed local property tax legislation, no decisions have been made as yet on the details of the tax , including what exemptions might apply.
