Pulling no punches, Sinn Féin TD Pearse Doherty laid into the decision by the government to give relief to landlords alongside the renter's tax credit.
was laid out by ministers Paschal Donohoe and Michael McGrath to huge ovations by the coalition government, it wasn't long before the opposition had their say on this year's budget. First up wasAs part of the budget announcement this afternoon, Minister McGrath declared a temporary tax relief that will benefit small landlords.The tax relief means that next year, the first €3,000 of landlords' rental income will be tax-free.
Sinn Féin's finance spokesperson Pearse Doherty has told the Dáil that the Budget has failed to resolve the housing crisis and called it"the Government's greatest failure."In his speech after the Budget announcement, Doherty said that the country"needed a budget for renters, instead we got a budget for landlords.""Fine Gael and Fianna Fail have caused the housing crisis and today's budget is further confirmation that they are not the ones to fix it.
"The housing crisis is the government's greatest failure and ending the housing crisis is Sinn Fein's number one priority.
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