Eamon Gilmore (Dún Laoghaire, Labour)

There was no question of examination when the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government spoke in Westport. He said that he intended to bring in new legislation to tap into windfall gains made by landowners and property developers. He said that the Attorney General had found a way around the constitutional difficulties with windfall taxes and that such a measure now had the backing of his Cabinet colleagues.

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