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# vacant property tax

Last month
November 2023
Revenue remind homeowners about paying new vacant homes tax and property tax
Approximately 800,000 homeowners are being reminded to pay their Local Property Tax.
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Nov 3rd 2023, 4:18 PM
This year
2023
Opinion: It's time we grasped the nettle and taxed those hoarding property in Ireland
Economist Ciarán Casey pushes back against the argument that it’s acceptible to allow so much property to go derelict.
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Oct 5th 2023, 8:00 PM
Government hopes to bring homes into use with new vacant property tax
A vacant homes tax will be set at three times the local property tax to provoke owners to sell or rent.
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Sep 8th 2023, 2:16 PM
Last year
2022
Donohoe announces plan for Vacant Property Tax as part of Budget 2023
New data from Revenue has shown that there are 57,206 vacant properties across the State.
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Jul 6th 2022, 4:31 PM
Census shows 166,000 vacant properties in Ireland, with over 48,000 vacant for six years
Vacant property levels have fallen 9% since 2016.
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Jun 23rd 2022, 1:27 PM
Housing is government's 'biggest failure', Social Democrats say at national conference
Members of the Social Democrats convened today for its first in-person conference since 2019.
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Jun 11th 2022, 5:42 PM
Poll: Should the Government introduce a vacant property tax?
The Social Democrats are calling for a vacant property tax to be introduced.
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Jun 11th 2022, 11:50 AM
How many vacant properties are there in Ireland? We should get a clear answer in a couple of weeks
Local property tax data will give an up-to-date picture of vacancy rates in Ireland.
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May 27th 2022, 8:36 AM
All time
'Don't despair': Housing Minister on his 'radical' plans to solve Ireland's housing issues
State-backed mortgages, Airbnb regulations, and new law needed for Mica scheme – Housing Minister Darragh O’Brien tells The Journal that people shouldn’t despair about housing.
Grant schemes are under consideration for the buying and refurbishment of above shop units as well as vacant properties around the country, the housing minister tells Christina Finn.
New regulations have been signed that will increase first-time buyers income ceiling for the local authority home-loans to €65,000 for single people.
Minister says he's "frustrated with the pace" with the pace of progress in regulating short-term let platforms.
DCC says 'no low hanging fruit' when it comes to vacant houses in the capital
Vacant property tax to be introduced next year in a bid to get empty homes back on the market
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Dec 16th 2021, 12:05 AM
Vacant property tax to be introduced next year in a bid to get empty homes back on the market
Varadkar said it “might be possible” to collect the tax next year.
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Sep 2nd 2021, 6:53 PM
Banks sitting on hundreds of vacant properties as pressure ramps up on government to get radical
The last quarter of 2020 found a significant decline in buy-to-let investors in the housing market,
Three of the country's main banks have around 600 vacant properties on their books, Christina Finn writes.
The Peter McVerry Trust says anything that can be done to bring vacant properties back into use should be done.
Brendan Ogle: It's time to stop gaslighting the public over income inequality
Dublin city is a 'free for all' for vulture funds, Dáil told
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May 25th 2021, 12:05 AM
Analysis: If it rules out a vacant property tax the government risks looking idle
A report delivered this week advised against the idea.
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Sep 22nd 2018, 8:01 AM
Urgent buy up of empty houses needed, but vacant property tax not recommended
A report presented to government said a tax would not be an effective response to deal with the housing shortages.
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Sep 18th 2018, 7:24 PM
On the housing list? Here’s what Budget 2018’s doing for you
An increase to the Hap scheme and pledges for more social housing have been announced by the Minister.
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Oct 10th 2017, 1:41 PM
'In Dublin, there are 13 empty homes for every adult in homelessness'
Empty homes provide an unprecedented opportunity for the Government to effectively end homelessness in Ireland, writes Pat Doyle.
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Feb 22nd 2017, 6:45 AM