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Posted in General, Home, Mortgages & Money, Property News
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Also tagged Christmas, Dáil, economy, Fianna Fáil, Fine Gael, France, jobs, Labour Party, liability, Local Authorities, Local Property Tax, Michael McGrath, Michael Noonan, Minister for Finance, Olivia Mitchell, Pearse Doherty, property tax, Spain, taxation, troika, wealth tax
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Minister for Finance Michael Noonan has said the local property tax would broaden the base for taxation in a way that does not impact on jobs and provide stable funding for local authorities. The minister said it would, in turn, encourage greater efficiency by local authorities and meet the terms of the agreement of [...]
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Also tagged Dara Calleary, debate, Eamon Gilmore, Fianna Fáil, government, legislation, Mary-Lou McDonald, opposition TDs, People Before Profit Alliance, property tax, Richard Boyd Barrett, Tánaiste
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Opposition parties have criticised arrangements for a debate tomorrow on property tax. However, despite their concerns about the matter, they have declined an offer of an extra two hours’ debate. The offer was made by Tánaiste Eamon Gilmore after complaints that there was not enough time for the debate. Opposition TDs also complained that [...]
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Posted in General, Home, Property News
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Also tagged bank, debt, Dessie Ellis, distress, Fine Gael, government, housing, investment, Labour, leasing, Mortgage, NAMA, National Asset Management Agency, Pension Reserve Fund, Rental Accommodation Scheme, social housing, the European Investment Bank
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Sinn Féin housing spokesperson, Dessie Ellis TD has described the government’s response to the shortage in social housing as nothing more than a charade. He made his comments during a Dáil debate on a Sinn Fein motion tabled by Deputy Ellis dealing with social housing and mortgage distress. He said: “The government in its Housing Policy [...]
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Posted in Commercial, Property News
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Also tagged Atlantic Homecare, B&Q, Black Tie, Curry's, Game, government, HMV, John Perry, La Senza, Minister John Perry, Pamela Scott, PC World, Peadar Tóibín, Upward Only Rents
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Sinn Féin have challenged the government to act on and end upward only rent clauses that they claim are causing hundreds of jobs to be lost every quarter. The party’s spokesperson on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation Peadar Tóibín said the government were failing to deal with the issue up until now. ‘To date the government has hidden [...]
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Posted in General, Home, Mortgages & Money, Property News
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Also tagged campaign, disabled, Fianna Fáil, financial, Gerry Adams, households, implication, income, Local Property Tax, Louth, Mortgage, property tax, social welfare, stamp duty, tax
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Sinn Féin is to mount a campaign to repeal the Local Property Tax, which is due to come into force in July. The opposition party said the new tax would hurt those on lower and middle incomes and social welfare the most. Party leader Gerry Adams, a TD for Louth, said a boycott would not [...]
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Posted in General, Home, Mortgages & Money, Property News
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Also tagged arrangements, bank, buy-to-let, commercial, debate, debt, debt-settlement, distress, Donegal, Donegal North East, government, Justice, landlords, legislation, Mortgage, mortgage crisis, Pádraig Mac Lochlainn, personal debt, Personal Insolvency Bill, response, risks, spokesperson, veto
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Sinn Féin Justice spokesperson Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn has described the government’s response to the mortgage crisis as “clearly inadequate” Speaking during a debate on the Personal Insolvency Bill, the Donegal North East TD said: “”This bill will be a disappointment for the overwhelming majority of families that are in mortgage distress as it still [...]
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Posted in General, Home, Property News
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Also tagged Cabinet, Finance Minister, government, implemented, Leo Varadkar, Michael Noonan, Pearse Doherty, property tax, Revenue Commissioners, Site Value Tax, tax, troika, wealth tax
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Finance Minister Michael Noonan has re-iterated his Cabinet colleague Leo Varadkar’s statement that the government has made no decision over how the forthcoming property tax would be implemented. His statement comes after weekend speculation that the tax would be based on the value of a home rather than on a site value tax basis. Speaking [...]
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Posted in Home, Mortgages & Money, Property News
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Also tagged advice, Brian Stanley, budget, Campaign Against Household and Water Taxes, Fine Gael, household charge, Labour, legal action, local authority, local services, Mick Barry, Paul McSweeney, phil hogan, property tax, prosecution, Socialist Party, €100
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Those fighting the controversial household charge are set to offer free legal advice to homeowners threatened with prosecution over their refusal to pay the €100 charge. Shortly after the Local Government Management Agency threatened legal action if second warning letters are ignored, politicians opposed to the tax accused officials of bullying. Mick Barry, a Socialist [...]
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Posted in General, Home, Mortgages & Money, Property News
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Also tagged banks, Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin, constituency, debt, developers, Fianna Fáil, health spokesperson, house prices, mental health, mortgage debt, poverty, property bubble, property speculators, regulators, suicide, suicide rates
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Sinn Féin health spokesperson Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin TD said in the Dáil yesterday that the mortgage debt crisis is having a damaging effect on people’s mental health and is contributing to the rise in suicide rates. Deputy Ó Caoláin said: “As a Dáil deputy working in my constituency and as my party’s health spokesperson I am [...]
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Sinn Féin senators will this evening table a motion on the cuts to the Rent Allowance which are seeing many tenants in the private rental sector struggling to cope and in some cases forced out of their houses. The most recent budget saw a cut of €21 million to the Rent Allowance budget. This led [...]
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