Issue - meetings

The Manager informed the Members that 5 motions had been received in relation to the LPT Local Adjustment Factor and that the motions would be dealt with in the order they had been received.

Motion No.1: It was proposed by the Labour Party, Green Party and the Social Democrats that “Dublin City Council determines, in accordance of the provisions of Section 20 of the FINANCE (LOCAL PROPERTY TAX) ACT 2012 (as amended), that the basic rate of local property tax should stand for 2024 in respect of relevant residential properties situated in the administrative area of Dublin City Council and that the resulting of funds of €14.5m should be applied €12m to works to improve public streets and €2.5m to the Area Discretionary Fund.  This proposed application of funds is subject to the final decision of the elected members at the Statutory Budget meeting”.

The motion was put to a vote and was defeated. Details of the vote are contained within Appendix B to these minutes.

Following the closure of the vote Councillor Darragh Moriarty informed Members that he had been unable to vote due to technical reasons but that he support the motion as proposed.

Motion No.2: It was proposed by Sein Féin that ”Dublin City Council determines, in accordance of the provisions of Section 20 of the FINANCE (LOCAL PROPERTY TAX) ACT 2012 (as amended), that the basic rate of local property tax should be varied downwards by 15 per cent for 2024 in respect of relevant residential properties situated in the administrative area of Dublin City Council.” As the three other motions proposed by Fine Gael, Fianna Fáil and Councillors Perry, Dunne, O’Farrell, Lyons Nicoullaud and Reilly all supported the downward variation of the LPT by 15%, the Sinn Féin motion as proposed was put and carried.