Pat Deering
Question:594. Deputy Pat Deering asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will consider relaxing the non-principal private residence tax to 50% for this year, as an individual who owns a second property and has been paying €200 pa is this year expected to pay €245 if Band 1, €312 if Band 2, €357 if Band 3, whereas in 2014 Band 1 will be €90, Band 2 €225 and Band 3 €315; and if not, the justification for the tax being more in 2013 than in either 2012 or 2014, given that most of these houses are in huge negative equity with owners already struggling to meet mortgage payments. [27377/13]
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