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Tipperary County Council’s elected members will meet again in Nenagh this Friday morning in a second bid to pass the authority’s 2026 budget after last Friday’s marathon annual budget meeting was adjourned without agreement.
Councillors deliberated for six hours on the draft budget at the Council Civic Offices in Nenagh last Friday with management’s proposed 5% hike in commercial rates the key bone of contention.
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Negotiations are continuing this week ahead of the next budget meeting to hammer out a compromise deal.
If a 5% rates hike is approved on Friday, it will bring the Annual Rate on Valuation (ARV) for Tipperary to 0.2232 in 2026. This increase will apply on top of a 5.5% hike in the commercial rate implemented this year.
Tipperary County Council argues that Tipperary has the fifth lowest ARV in the country and this increase is needed to avoid cuts to its services.
During last week’s protracted budget meeting, there were several adjournments for negotiations.
Eventually Fianna Fáil whip Cllr Michael Smith proposed the elected council approve the budget, including the 5% rates hike, subject to a number of conditions. These included increasing the Rates Payment Incentive Scheme discount from 6% to 7%.
This discount is applied to businesses that pay their rates early.
Fianna Fáil also proposed extra funding be designated for roads and community lighting.
With a number of Fine Gael councillors still opposed to approving the budget, the party requested and was granted an adjournment for 10 minutes.
But the adjournment continued well beyond the allotted 10 minutes and there were complaints it was a breach of standing orders.
When the meeting resumed, an adjournment was proposed and agreed.
The second budget meeting is fixed for 11.30am on Friday.
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