Labour withdraws from talks over Sinn Féin position on Local Property Tax
Party groups and Independents on the council have been in talks since before the weekend in an attempt to form a voting pact with a majority of 32 of the 63 city councillors. These agreements allow the parties to share the annual lord mayor position and chairperson roles for the most popular committees such as housing and transport.and the Greens came together to form a voting agreement, with Labour and Social Democrats bringing the group to 32.
Sinn Féin has nine seats on the council, with Social Democrats on 10, the Green Party on eight and Labour on four, a group of 31, with an Independent left-leaning councillor or People Before Profit needed to tip the group into a majority.LPT, which is based on the value of a property, has a base rate that can be varied by plus or minus 15 per cent by the council. Dublin City Council has each year voted to reduce it by the maximum amount possible.
Labour’s Darragh Moriarty said a new alliance on the council could be considered “progressive” only if there was movement on LPT. “It is disappointing to see that the proposals on the table from the ‘progressive alliance’ do not include any change in the status quo to the Local Property Tax, which was vetoed by Sinn Féin in negotiations,” he said “It is disheartening to see the Social Democrats now aligning themselves with the populist rhetoric of Sinn Féin, abandoning their own principles in the process.”
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