Sinn Féin to hold public meeting in Glanmire in opposition to the Property Tax

Sinn Féin to hold public meeting in Glanmire in opposition to the Property Tax Sinn Féin is to host a public meeting in Glanmire as part of the party’s national campaign against the tax on the family home. The meeting, which will be part of a series to be held right across Cork in the coming weeks, will take place on Monday, March 4th in Riverstown Community Centre at 8pm. The main speaker will be Sinn Féin’s Education Spokesperson and Cork North-Central TD Deputy Jonathan O’Brien. Deputy O’Brien said: “I haven’t paid the household charge. I said from the very outset I wouldn’t be paying the charge and I still have no intentions of paying it. I also know as somebody who is now supposedly liable for the tax on my family home that the outstanding €200 is going to added onto my property tax bill. However, I won’t be valuing my home and I won’t be registering any assessment for the property tax. That’s a personal decision that I’ve taken.” “The meeting in Glanmire will give people an opportunity to engage with the party on the issue in a public setting. Sinn Féin has drafted legislation to repeal the property tax just as we did with the household charge. Unfortunately, given the way the system works, we have to wait until the end of May before we can table that legislation in the Dáil. However, it is ready to go and we will be tabling it at the earliest opportunity.” “We are hoping that these meetings will help build a campaign that will see members of the public putting pressure on their TDs, who support the tax, to change their position and to vote in favour of the legislation to scrap the property tax and the household charge. These are unjust and regressive taxes that hit those on low and middle incomes far more than they hit those politicians who voted the charges into existence.” The Barrett/MacCurtain Sinn Féin cumann, which covers the Blanery & Glanmire areas of Cork, has been instrumental in organising the meeting. Deputy O’Brien has encouraged anybody living in the area, who wants to play a role in the Sinn Féin campaign, to contact the party in Cork. “We want people to come on board and use their skills & enthusiasm to help us drive this campaign forward. Every citizen has a role to play in defeating these taxes. We want to send a clear message to the Government that people haven’t anything left to give. Enough is enough.” ENDS