Seymour Crawford (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)

If a person is a few weeks or a few years over a certain age, that person loses everything, which is absolutely unacceptable. If we are sincere about trying to move the younger generation into farming, proper relief must be available, and stamp duty is one of the costs.

I wish to discuss compulsory purchases for road building. The Minister of State claims he did a great deal when president of the IFA in getting relief on tax from land sales.

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