Local property tax doesn’t benefit ‘local’

Last year I filled out the local property tax form and handed it in to the local council with a cheque, no problem.

Last week I did the same only to be told they have nothing to do with it and I was to send it on to the Revenue Commissioners. I assumed it would be collected locally and spent on our roads in urgent need of repairs, but it’s going into the big national purse.

I feel payment should be taken on Jun 1 instead of January and give householders a chance to get over their Christmas costs.