Seán Canney (Galway East, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I feel frustration when somebody raises an issue about a tax such as this which is trying to free up land to have houses built on it. However, I believe this is an imposition on farmers and it should be wiped off the agenda. What Minister is devising this policy? Will that Minister meet farmers’ representatives in order that they can get a clearer understanding of what is going on? I know of land zoned in towns and villages in my constituency and throughout Galway that will never be used, for one reason or another but not because it is being hoarded. Land has been zoned in Tuam where there is no access to the land to build a house on it. That kind of daft zoning is not the fault of the farmer or the landowner because they were never consulted about it. They have no interest in hoarding or making a bundle of money out of it. They are not trying to turn it over to make a pound. Which Minister is responsible for this tax so that the farming bodies can meet and discuss it with him or her?

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