Offaly Local Property Tax Unchanged After Sinn Féin Proposal Turned Down

Sinn Féin had suggest cutting the tax by 5%.

The Local Property Tax in Offaly will remain unchanged following a vote in the Council chambers.

A proposal from Sinn Féin Councillor, Aoife Masterson, suggested lowering the tax by 5%, which was defeated by 15 votes to four.

As it stands, the local authority will be keeping the 15% variation on the base rate. 

Fianna Fáil's Peter Ormond, who put forward the motion to maintain the LPT, says the current rate will deliver an extra €3.74 million over the term of the council:

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