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Land and Conveyancing Law Reform (Review of Rent in Certain Cases) (Amendment) Bill 2010: Second Stage (Resumed) (10 Mar 2010)

Mary White: ...and retailers, we could get some of the 42,500 small and medium enterprises up and running again, particularly in the retail sector. The Labour Party, which long talked about implementing the Kenny report but never did anything about it, should pay heed in this regard. The new windfall tax on the sale of land rezoned after purchase will prevent speculation on land. A site value tax, when...

National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (17 Sep 2009)

Mary White: ...have landed Ireland - our country, my country - in this situation. In 1973, the Irish Banks' Standing Committee told the Committee on the Price of Building Land, which produced what is known as the Kenny report: The member Banks fully support any measures designed to control for the benefit of the community the price of land for housing and other forms of development. They wish to make it...

National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (17 Sep 2009)

Mary White: ...of the common good, with the supply and cost of building land". When he established the committee Deputy Quinn said the problem of land prices had got worse and had not eased since 1973 when the Kenny report was submitted to Government. Neither that nor subsequent Labour Party Governments addressed this issue. We in the Green Party are ensuring, through this measure, that land...