Liam Fitzgerald
Ceist:45 Mr. L. Fitzgerald asked the Minister for Finance his views on whether it is unfair to ask young couples to pay 6 per cent of the purchase price of a house in the form of stamp duty in view of the recent significant price increases in the real property market, particularly in the Dublin area, and in view of the fact that an average three bedroom terrace house can cost from £70,000 upwards, which means that a young couple buying a house for the first time pay in excess of £4,200, almost half the annual wage of unskilled workers and also of a large number of newly graduated third level students; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23954/96]