Cork County Council · Meeting of Cork County Council · 23 September 2024

FINANCIAL BUSINESS: 6. "Consideration of report on the financial impact of the LPT variation in order to set a local adjustment factor in accordance with the Finance (Local Property Tax) Act (Section 20) 2012, as amended".

A vote on increasing the local property tax rate from 7.5% to 10% for one year.

Summary written by AI from the minutes. The motion as recorded follows.

A vote was taken to increase the rate of LPT from 7.5% to 10% for a one-year period.

Proposed by Cllr. Joe Carroll; seconded by Cllr. Patrick Gerard Murphy.

Carried42–8

Tá: 42
Níl: 8
Staon: 0
Didn't vote: 5

The minutes record: It was agreed Cork County Council will increase the level of LPT from 7.5% to 10% for a one-year period.

By party

Party	Tá	Níl	Didn't vote
Fianna Fáil	18	0	1
Fine Gael	16	0	2
Independent	3	3	2
Independent Ireland	0	4	0
Social Democrats	3	0	0
Labour Party	2	0	0
Sinn Féin	0	1	0

How each councillor voted

Tá — yes
Níl — no
Staon — abstained
Didn't vote

Tá 42

Níl 8

Staon 0

None

Didn’t vote 5

Didn't vote 5

Tá, Níl and Staon are the minutes’ for, against and abstained. “Didn’t vote” covers councillors on the council that day whom the minutes don’t list under any option, for any reason. Parties are as of the meeting day.