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A long-serving East Clare councillor is dismissing calls for the Local Property Tax to be scrapped - claiming it's essential to the provision of vital services. The public are being asked to have their say on the controversial tax ahead of a meeting of the county's elected representatives next month to decide the rate for the coming year. Clare FM's Seán Lyons reports. ===== The local property tax is an annual levy on residential property in Ireland. Property owners are required to pay it but it also applies to tenants with a long-term lease of more than 20 years as well as those who have a right to live in a property for life, for more than 20 years or a right to live there "to the exclusion of others". Local authorites such as Clare County Council can vary the basic Local Property Tax rate on properties in their area within the range of 15% which is known as the local adjustment factor. Next month, councillors in Clare will meet to consider the rate for the coming year. Shannon Sinn Féin Councillor