Michael Mulcahy (Dublin South Central, Fianna Fail)

It is time to reconsider the stamp duty regime. Not many other countries have such a high rate of stamp duty and it is an impediment to people's ability to move house which is not good for society.

I applaud what the Minister has done to help young families and those on social welfare. In particular, I praise the Minister for raising the contributory old age pension to €209.30 and the non-contributory old age pension to €200 per week. I commend him for ensuring the lowest social welfare rate will now be €185.80.

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