PROPOSALS TO raise additional revenue to run Dublin city by levying rates on government buildings, imposing a tax on hotel rooms and charging for breaches of planning regulations are being considered by Dublin City Council.
The proposals were made by councillors yesterday at a meeting to discuss the council's submission to the recently established Commission on Taxation, which will determine the future of local government funding.
Labour councillor Dermot Lacey has called on the Government to pay more than €210 million in "bills" owed to the city council, including an annual €27 million in rates on government-owned buildings.
Councillors are also calling for a charge of €1 to be paid to the council for each night a hotel room is occupied in the city and for developers who break planning regulations to have to pay a fee.
These charges were necessary, Mr Lacey said, to give real responsibility for running the city to the elected representatives on the council.
