Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael)

There are only a few minutes left, so I will ask these questions directly. Last year in the budget the exemption threshold for stamp duty was set at €315,000. Recent statistics indicate that the average cost of a new house in Dublin is €346,000 and nationally, the price of a second-hand house is €332,000, both of which are above the stamp duty threshold. Is it the Taoiseach's belief that this should be adjusted?

The Minister for Education and Science recently announced a new raft of primary and post-primary schools to be built under the public private partnership system. Did the cross-departmental team on infrastructure and public private partnerships consider the further use of PPPs before the Minister's announcement, which was welcome for the schools in question? The Comptroller and Auditor General in his report stated the projected cost of final PPP deals was 8% to 13% higher than the projected cost of building and running schools using the conventional approach. Did the team consider this statement?

Does the Government share the Taoiseach's view in respect of supertrucks?

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