Galway County Council · Minutes of Monthly Meeting of Galway County Council, Monday, 23 September 2024 · 23 September 2024

ITEM NO. 5 TO CONSIDER VARYING THE BASIC RATE OF LOCAL PROPERTY TAX IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LOCAL PROPERTY TAX (LOCAL ADJUSTMENT FACTOR) REGULATIONS 2022.

A vote on the proposal to increase the basic rate of local property tax by 15% for the years 2025 to 2029 inclusive.

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

the proposal to increase the basic rate of the Local Property Tax by 15% for 2025 through to 2029 inclusive.

Proposed by Cllr. McClearn; seconded by Cllr. Hoade.

Carried32–6

Tá: 32
Níl: 6
Staon: 0
Didn't vote: 1

The minutes record: The following was the result: For 32 Against 6 Abstain 0 Absent 1 Cllr. D. Connolly The Cathaoirleach declared that the vote was carried.

By party

Party	Tá	Níl	Didn't vote
Fine Gael	13	0	0
Fianna Fáil	11	0	0
Independent	5	2	0
Independent Ireland	3	3	0
Sinn Féin	0	1	1

How each councillor voted

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

Tá 32

Níl 6

Staon 0

None

Didn’t vote 1

Didn't vote 1

Dermot ConnollySinn Féin

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.