Clare County Council is set to pay over €300,000 to cover the cost of the local property tax for its housing stock.
The local authority has already paid just over €101,000 for 2013, and faces a bill of double that amount for next year, as Councillors prepare to draw up their budget for the year ahead.
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While residents in Clare’s 2,251 local authority homes are given an exemption for the tax, the Council itself must pay the charge, though as people in other counties face a hike in their rents to cover the cost, a spokesperson for Clare County Council says they’ve made no decision on how the money will be recouped.
