Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)

In 2006, I advised the Taoiseach that withdrawing the 1% stamp duty on contracts for difference would turn the Dublin exchange into a casino. I was right and he was wrong. I advised the Taoiseach, from the time he took up his stint as Minister for Finance, that he should get rid of the property-based tax reliefs by bringing them down slowly but what did he do?

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