Irish MEP Kelleher demands inheritance tax reform to end unequal family exemptions and prevent home sales due to rising tax burdens.

Irish MEP Kelleher is urging reform of Ireland’s inheritance tax system, calling for equal treatment of all family members inheriting assets and proposing a unified exemption threshold to replace current disparities—€400,000 for parents to children, €40,000 for aunts/uncles to nieces/nephews, and €20,000 for other relatives. He argues that unequal exemptions force many to sell homes to pay taxes, especially as rising property prices bring middle-income families into the tax net. With inheritance and gift tax revenues doubling in recent years, Kelleher says now is an ideal time for change, aligning with Taoiseach Micheál Martin’s push for a fairer system.