Pearse Doherty (Donegal, Sinn Fein)

This was not about reducing the cost of apartments. This was about so-called viability.

Maybe this time next year the Tánaiste will be able to show me one apartment that is going to be sold, either in this city or anywhere else in the State, that was not viable at this point. This measure is going to cost us €250 million next year. Every apartment that is going to be sold next year - in the context of a measure that will cost €250 million - is already under construction. This is the biggest tax deadweight measure ever introduced.

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