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Should property tax be scrapped?

Minister for Finance Paschal Donohoe has confirmed that an increase in Local Property Tax will be deferred for another year. Homeowners are set to be spared a hike until 2021 after cabinet were told that one in five would face a steep increase. People Before Profit TD Richard Boyd Barrett says the deferral is an admission that the tax is “fundamentally unfair” and should be scrapped