Richard Boyd Barrett (Dún Laoghaire, People Before Profit Alliance)

We are all in favour of protecting heritage and it is entirely legitimate to give support to people when they are not in a position to maintain heritage homes or any dwelling which has a heritage value. The Minister is right to say there are Georgian homes and so on in Dún Laoghaire and elsewhere where it is reasonable to give financial support or tax breaks to people who are not in a position to maintain those homes. That is the way it should be done. However, it is not acceptable that tax breaks exist for people who are on salaries of €140,000 or €150,000 a year, or, in many cases, on much higher salaries-----

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