COMHAIRLE CONTAE ÁTHA CLIATH THEAS
SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

Monday, May 11, 2015

MOTION NO.7

MOTION: Councillor G. O'Connell

This Council, concerned at the manner in which new charges, levies and taxes have been introduced in recent years, many of them by stealth and in addition to and on top of, already unfair charges, levies and taxes which have the cumulative effect of significantly undermining the quality of life of the average family, calls on An Taoiseach, the Minister for Finance and the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, if they are sincere in their declared policy of broadening the Tax Base, to reverse the current policy of punitive tax expansion under the guise of broadening the Tax Base, and initiate a root and branch overhaul of the Irish Taxation System that eliminates double taxation in all its forms and introduce instead an integrated system of Local and National Taxation that will be fair, equitable and sustainable and that is capable of providing realistic funding for Local Government based on the services and facilities best delivered at local level, that promotes solidarity at National level, that is linked, as all taxes should be, on ability to pay, that is progressive and transparent.   That the Chief Executive Officer write to An Taoiseach and Ministers concerned informing them of the decision of this Council and that the other County Council be forwarded a copy.

REPORT:

If the motion is passed the terms of the motion will be forwarded to An Taoiseach, the Minister for Finance and the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, cc'd to the other.