Kathleen O'Meara (Labour)

What will first-time buyers pay as a result of the increase of 1% in VAT in last week's budget? Let us have a comparison on that front.

A paltry levy will be paid as result. The developers and landowners, who will benefit from this, must be cheering because they have got off lightly. The Minister said he did not have a choice. He has a simple choice. All he has to do, in extending the planning permissions on these sites and developments, is simply add on the 20% social housing.