Conor Sheehan

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161 appearances 2 recordings 1 series first heard Aug 2026 last heard 8 Sep

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The Claire Byrne Show · Calls to abolish stamp duty for first time buyers · 8 Sep 2026 podcast

So, and like...

When I looked at the cost of this, like this could cost, we estimate, up to about 60 million euro, give or take between 40 and 60 million euro.

And when you look at what 40 and 60 million euro would get you, you know, it could build at least 150 affordable homes.

It could better capitalise the land development agency so that the state would actually build more than 935 affordable homes.

Well, let's look at what Seamus McGrath is saying.

I think when most people think of this first without thinking it through properly, they probably think, oh, that sounds great.

I'll get a discount of, you know, between three and five thousand thousand euro on the upfront purchase price of my home.

That's estimating the average cost of a home between three and five hundred thousand.

But when you actually look at this, I'm concerned that this could actually cause people to overbid.

I mean, we have had issues with overinflation in

the in the home buying market and the ESRI report is very clear that that there are 17 percent house price inflation nationally.

So I'm very curious in the first instance to see what government are actually proposing.

Are they is this actually going to form part of the budget?

Because there's three component parts to this government and

The Minister for Finance seems to have apparently rubbished it.

So I'm not quite sure, again, where Fianna Fáil are going with this.

Will this be part of the budget or is this just one of these things that they've floated at their thinking?

Well, I suppose the first thing I'd say, Clare, is to go back to the point I was trying to make earlier on is I'm curious to see what actually comes out in relation to this.

Certainly, if there are any changes, I look at them with an open mind on an evidential basis.

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