Pearse Doherty (Donegal, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

In the middle of May, the Government brought forward a financial resolution to the Dáil to provide for a 10% stamp duty charge on the bulk purchase of ten or more residential homes. I assume the Minister, Deputy Donohoe, and the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage crafted this measure in the full knowledge of activities in the housing market. Will the Minister indicate how many forward purchase agreements, which are exempt from the charge, were made prior to the introduction of this measure and in respect of which building completion and transactions have not yet occurred? Will he further indicate how many units are involved under those agreements and how many agreements, involving how many units, have been made since the resolution was passed?

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