Sinn Féin is calling on the Minister for Public Expenditure, Paschal Donohoe, to “correct the Dáil record” in relation to the scope of the government’s concrete levy.
The party’s spokesperson on finance, Pearse Doherty said that the minister’s claims that the levy would exclude pre-cast products were false, along with causing confusion and uncertainty in the construction sector and wider industry.
The Defective Concrete Products Levy (DCPL) came into effect on Friday (September 1) will add 5% onto the cost of certain concrete products.
“The government will push ahead with their deeply flawed concrete products levy, even despite all the warnings that this levy will result in higher housing and building costs for workers and families,” Deputy Doherty said.
“This is ultimately a tax on new homes which will push up building costs and house prices.
“In October Minister Paschal Donohoe made repeated claims that the levy excluded precast products – from blocks and paving to lintels and posts. These claims were false.
“It was clear as soon as the Finance Bill was published that this was not the case, and that poured concrete, a key element of precast products, would be subject to the levy,” the Donegal TD said.
Deputy Doherty said that he raised the issue with officials from the Department of Finance on October 26, 2022.
“Minister Donohoe should correct the Dáil record. More importantly, the government should scrap this flawed levy, which will increase...
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