John Paul Phelan (Fine Gael)

I move recommendation No. 9:

In page 98, before section 56, but in Chapter 6, to insert the following new section:

"56. Section 67 of the Finance Act 2003 is amended in subsection (2) by inserting the following paragraph after paragraph (a):

'(aa) as respects a disposal which arises as a result of a compulsory acquisition,'."

On Second Stage, I raised the issue of the provision and compulsory purchase of lands for building new motorways. Most Members will have been at some meeting on this issue because the expansion of the roads network affects all parts of the country. I frequently use the road from the Kilkenny side of Waterford city to Dublin. As parts of it are very bad, I welcome the provision of a new motorway on the route. However, affected houseowners and landowners on these proposed motorway routes have concerns that have not been properly addressed. The Minister of State, Deputy Parlon, acknowledged on Second Stage his previous incarnation as the one responsible for negotiations with the office for which he now has responsibility. A case of poacher turned gamekeeper or vice versa?