Noonan: Property Tax wont be used for Local Services

greenpilot · 25-07-2013 09:20AM #1

Just heard this on Today fm but I cannot find a link anywhere to it.

If this is true then we are all a bunch of fools.

:mad:

Can anyone shed any light on it?

markbld65 · 25-07-2013 09:24AM

i heard it on another radio station too,

if its true and can be confirmed it 100% proves this goverment are out and out crooks

banana republic big time

byte · 25-07-2013 09:25AM

I sense a hint of surprise.

force eleven · 25-07-2013 09:27AM

Was on Newstalk - cant find a link - was it a Senan Molony story? In any case, I knew this would happen. Anyone who believed their 100 euro would go to help fund local services was misguided. Noonan had ringfenced that nice lump sum to help as part of the bail out and never guaranteed it would go to the councils. People need to wake up. Do not believe what they tell you, ever, with regards to finances.

markbld65 · 25-07-2013 09:28AM

byte wrote: »

I sense a hint of surprise.

not a surprise as such more like a growing rage :mad:

if it is true then as a country we really need to do something about it, i don't know what but it's camels back and stray time me thinks

biko · 25-07-2013 09:29AM

As much was clear in December 2012

TDs furious that property tax won't be spent locally
http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/tds-furious-that-property-tax-wont-be-spent-locally-28946955.html
All the property taxes paid will go into a central pot, rather than being guaranteed to go to the respective areas.

Tin Foil Hat · 25-07-2013 09:30AM

What the fukk did ye expect?

Beruthiel · 25-07-2013 09:32AM

Didn't see that coming at all.
Totally shocked I am....

CardBordWindow · 25-07-2013 09:32AM

Policitians Screw Public in Shocking Twist from the Norm! :pac:

Davidth88 · 25-07-2013 09:33AM

biko wrote: »

As much was clear in December 2012

TDs furious that property tax won't be spent locally
http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/tds-furious-that-property-tax-wont-be-spent-locally-28946955.html
All the property taxes paid will go into a central pot, rather than being guaranteed to go to the respective areas.

that is how I remembered it.

What they said IIRC was that if a certain area ( county ) had bad take up on the LPT then their funding would be reduced ... so it was stick not carrot.

Mint Sauce · 25-07-2013 09:33AM

Sure didn't we know that already.

The Backwards Man · 25-07-2013 09:34AM

Do people just pretend to be outraged at things that were always going to happen round here or what?

It gets a bit tiresome after a while.

force eleven · 25-07-2013 09:35AM

Well, when Rabbitte gets his broadcasting tax from you all, you CAN guarantee RTE mega stars like Marian and Pat will continue to get paid....

markbld65 · 25-07-2013 09:38AM

lots of replys stating
surprised/shocked etc

yes i'm bloody surprised/shocked at their bare faced cheek , don't get me wrong i don't believe a word from them but this scam is just above the lot

and yet we see/hear all the corruption eg court case charges being quashed
current TD/junior minister up for defaulting on loans he took out only 2 years ago
the list is endless and not just this goverment past and present all the same

i honestly give up seriously just had enough of this crap from leinster house

keeponhurling · 25-07-2013 09:57AM

There was something in the news a few years back about our government bailing out some banks and their bondholders, so hence we need to raise cash in any way possible.

These billions that "we" have to repay have to come from somewhere

BeerWolf · 25-07-2013 09:57AM

biko wrote: »

All the property taxes paid will go into a central pot, rather than being guaranteed to go to the respective areas.

Home rules - land on free parking, get all the taxed money... :pac:

Gran Hermano · 25-07-2013 09:59AM

Meh, totally expected. Same as how the motor tax i pay to SDCC goes into a central fund to subsidise the likes of Leitrim county council.

Dum_Dum · 25-07-2013 10:02AM

What angers me more is that the political class are now at a stage that they feel comfortable enough to persistently lie and deceive in the full knowledge that nothing will come of it.

We sit here and take it. And they know it.

RiverOfLove · 25-07-2013 10:04AM

This news isn't a surprise to me.

What gets to me are the large number of peasants who follow them blindly and believe every word the government says, time and time and time again giving the government a license to do what they want, when they want to suit themselves and themselves and themselves.

MadameGascar · 25-07-2013 10:08AM

I don't think they ever said it was going towards local services, I think we were just threatened that local councils services would get even ****ter.

niallo27 · 25-07-2013 10:10AM

We need another hunger striker.

Dravokivich · 25-07-2013 10:11AM

Dum_Dum wrote: »

What angers me more is that the political class are now at a stage that they feel comfortable enough to persistently lie and deceive in the full knowledge that nothing will come of it.

We sit here and take it. And they know it.

Did they ever claim it was for local amenities?

jimgoose · 25-07-2013 10:12AM

Frankly I am shocked and stunned that anyone could be shocked and stunned by this.

jimgoose · 25-07-2013 10:16AM

Gran Hermano wrote: »

Meh, totally expected. Same as how the motor tax i pay to SDCC goes into a central fund to subsidise the likes of Leitrim county council.

Well, I almost feel good about the bowel-evacuating amount of road tax I pay, because I recently got two new flyovers on the South Ring road in Cork, which saves me about ten minutes per day and about a fiver in de peteral a week. And all just for me!

death1234567 · 25-07-2013 10:19AM

Quelle surprise. All tax goes into a central pot so the Minister's can have control over it. 'Ringfencing' is just spin used by the government to appease the masses.

Robbo · 25-07-2013 10:22AM

In before...

"It is unfair and beastly to tax a man's home. Moreover Brian O'Driscoll should have started the final Lions test. Also, some guy in the pub told me it was unconstitional and he should know these things, being an adequate replacement for a Supreme Court"

-- Enda Kenny addressing the Diet of Worms, Gettysburg 1852

Cantona's Collars · 25-07-2013 10:23AM

Dravokivich wrote: »

Did they ever claim it was for local amenities?

Over and over they made claims that it was for local amenities,they even went as far as sending out glossy flyers about it,so glad now that I didn't pay.

fishy fishy · 25-07-2013 10:24AM

the dogs on the street knew that.

when are people going to wise up and realise its all lies lies lies.

I wonder can people sue for their money back. After all, it is called a property tax

Cantona's Collars · 25-07-2013 10:29AM

I see the champions of this tax are very thin on the ground here this morning.

Kinzig · 25-07-2013 10:29AM

Comes as no shock..anyone think that the crowd of wasters in leinster house has any say over our finances is fooling themselves..weve been sold down the river , get used to more of it being shoved up your ass:pac::pac:

squod · 25-07-2013 10:55AM

To everyone who insisted this wouldn't happen in various property tax threads on boards........

In yer face people.

Noonan: Property Tax wont be used for Local Services

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