Donegal County Council votes to keep LPT unchanged

Local Property Tax will remain unchanged in Donegal.

After lengthy discussions for much of the day, Councillors voted to retain LPT at 15% above the baseline, as was implemented in 2020.

A motion to reduce the LPT to 15% below the baseline as proposed by Councillor Micheal Choilm MacGiolla Easbuig was defeated while Councillor Michael McBride’s proposal to return to the LPT baseline also fell.

A motion by Councillor Jimmy Kavanagh to retain the current rate was passed after a vote. Sinn Fein along with a number of Independents and members of the 100% Redress Party voted against the proposal.

The rate will now be retained for the next five years, something Councillor Ciaran Brogan says is significant.

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