Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour) | Oireachtas source

The Minister for Finance, Deputy Michael Noonan, announced on budget day the extension to landlords of the relief available to households for repair and maintenance work carried out by a contractor where there is a provision for the refund of the VAT. I was a very strong advocate of that measure because I agree with the Deputy that it is important that we have rented accommodation of good quality. The Government is commencing the first major period of construction of social housing, as allocated in the budget this year. It is an important issue-----

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