207 Deputy Noel Ahern asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if any review has been made of the tax on second homes; and if consideration has been given to introducing a graduate rate on the basis of owners age, if they are an old age pensioner, income or second property size; if a statement can be made on the matter specifically in relation to complaints from elderly pensioners who own barely habitable country cottages which have been willed to them from within families and are being retained as holiday homes for sentimental reasons and for siblings living abroad who like to stay in the home place on occasional visits here. [26218/10]

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207 Deputy Noel Ahern asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if any review has been made of the tax on second homes; and if consideration has been given to introducing a graduate rate on the basis of owners age, if they are an old age pensioner, income or second property size; if a statement can be made on the matter specifically in relation to complaints from elderly pensioners who own barely habitable country cottages which have been willed to them from within families and are being retained as holiday homes for sentimental reasons and for siblings living abroad who like to stay in the home place on occasional visits here. [26218/10]

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