Analysis

Donohoe confident of high compliance with vacant home tax

The Finance Minister says the involvement of Revenue in collecting the charge means those due to pay it will do so

Revenue has been tasked with collecting the vacant home tax.

Paschal Donohoe and Michael McGrath had to hastily rearrange their post-Budget media conference due to a fire alarm going off in Government buildings.

They sat down together instead in the Department of Finance to outline the reasoning behind the €11 billion budget spending package, which includes a €4 billion cost of living package.

While the press conference went off without any hiccups, there was a momentary interruption when a photographer’s phone rang with the ringtone ...