Paul Kehoe (Wexford, Fine Gael)

The housing list in County Wexford gets longer by the day. First-time buyers cannot afford to buy homes because of the abolition of the first-time buyer's grant and increases in VAT and development charges. These are stealth taxes on every young house buyer. Last week, the Government had the audacity to publish new planning guidelines. One would think it had produced the Bible.

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