Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)

Does the Minister have figures on the amount of stamp duty avoided by these mechanisms, the number of such transactions and the amount involved? Does the Minister agree the situation is a scandal and that it is open to him to close these loopholes to ensure a sense of justice and equity between ordinary people buying family homes and big developers and builders, the type of people who go to all of Fianna Fáil's social functions? I cannot understand why the Minister could not take action to close the loopholes available to his friends in the building industry and introduce a level playing pitch.

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