Laois County Councillors have voted unanimously to leave the Property Tax Rate in the county unchanged.
The Council earned €492,000 from the tax last year and that was used to service roads, graveyards, playgrounds and much more.
Director of Services Gerry Murphy told how over 12,000 properties in Laois are valued in the lowest band between €1 and €100,000 and they pay €90.
Around 11,000 properties are in the €100,000 to €150,000 category and they each pay €225.
While just 1% of properties in Laois fall into the over €300,000 band and they pay €595.
Laois County Council gets to keep 80% of the money generated from this and the remaining 20% goes into a national fund which is redistributed among all of the councils.
The Council also plays the property tax and all local authority homes and this amounted to €200,000 last year.
All of the Councillors in the chamber commended the Council staff for how they have used the funds generated from this to carry out various projects around the county.
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