Bertie Ahern (Dublin Central, Fianna Fail)

No legislative change is planned in regard to stamp duty. On the first issue, ongoing discussions are taking place between ourselves and the Chancellor of the Exchequer on how to deal with these matters. Whatever we do will probably have to be resolved within the next 24 hours or so. As the Deputy is aware, the meetings are scheduled for Friday and Saturday morning and we are trying to come to a conclusion on this matter. Whether more resources will be required, we have already completed Derry Airport and a number of issues were addressed in the national plan. All the parties have requested that we try to move further and these issues are being discussed.

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