Concrete levy will have greater impact on new-build costs than previously thought, fresh estimates show

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  1. Shocker. Horrible way to foist it on the young again. It shouldnt have come out of the public purse but even if it had to, increasing the lpt was the only fair way

  2. *” … than previously thought … “*

    The lying cunts. ‘Previously thought’ my hole. Just like every other housing policy they’ve introduced since inviting the vulture & cuckoo funds into our housing market: they were forewarned by experts, by journalists, by economists, by the dog in the street. And they went ahead and did it anyway because increasing the price of property is their promise to the vultures & cuckoos.

    … And they’re STILL vastly underestimating the ‘revised’ estimate of the overall effect on price. It’s like they’ve copped on to the fact that everyone knows their housing policy’s true effect is raising the price of property, but now they’re hoping they can still bullshit you by conceding to that – while simultaneously still bullshitting you.

    Would love to know where they hire their advisors from. Must be graduate hires from ‘The Academy of Pure Cunts’ or something.

  3. Let me get this straight, putting a tax on concrete results in things, that are made of concrete, being more expensive??

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  4. I’m curious as to what exactly they include in their estimates, I’ve heard alot about blocks but we use concrete for alot of materials- foundations,floors/subfloors,sills & heads are all included in the estimates?

    And then- why are we expected to foot the bill for something that was caused by a quarry/agrigate supplier,
    Did current/future generation sign off on these houses?

    Concrete prices have already increased by about ten percent over the past few years, this is just adding to the problems and cost, so a job well done as usual!

  5. I for one am shocked that the government’s finely honed strategy of sticking their fingers in their ears and hoping the inevitable won’t happen didn’t work out this time…

    Because what better place to ultimately extract more tax revenue to pay for construction industry failures and make current homeowners (the ones in Donegal who I of course have the utmost sympathy for) whole than the people who currently do not have houses but are trying their damnedest to get one.

    Leave well alone the people responsible for their lack of regulation/standards as well the single largest source of largely untaxed wealth in the country; property.

    No, that would run the risk of being equitable after all.

  6. A child would have predicted this.
    The government would have known this;
    If they didn’t, they’re inept or if they did-
    They do not want people owning a house.

    Pure cuntery

  7. Where are all the 100% redress r/ireland users? when it comes to talking who is going to pay for this mess they suddenly all go quiet.

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