The governing agreement among Fine Gael, Fianna Fáil, the Green Party, and the Labour Party allows for a raised baseline rate property tax in Dublin. This decision followed a heated council debate, with opposition from Sinn Féin and others who argued the tax would burden residents. Sinn Féin's Daithí Doolan criticized the tax structure, stating it unfairly impacts homeowners irrespective of their financial situation. The Green Party emphasized the need for the tax to fund crucial housing improvements, amounting to a €20m investment over four years to address poor housing conditions in Dublin.
"It's not even a property tax. We need to dispel that myth," said Sinn Féin's Daithí Doolan. "It is a charge on people's homes, and those with living in Dublin are unfairly punished by an extremely high price of housing in the capital, and this is used as a benchmark to measure the local property tax."
Green Party member Janet Horner said: "Everyone who votes this down tonight, you can argue the theories of it all you want, but what you are voting down in this motion tonight is investing €20m into doing up the worst [housing] conditions. Over the next four years, we will be investing €20m into addressing some of the worst housing conditions in this city."
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