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@asurfpro Sure but it's a bigger discount for houses with a higher BER. But houses with a higher BER do go for considerably more. One house I looked at didn't sell with a G rating, but went for 50k more once upgrades were done. So after all, the poorest will miss out. They will have a higher...

@resjudicata I definitely wouldn't advocate for eliminating them but just throwing more money at the problem isn't working. We already spend a large amount per capita for healthcare when compared to other European countries. Welfare is another story, but I would like a restructuring of that but...

@kennyjoede Or even better, how about we reduce spending on useless shite? Just because we spend X now doesn't mean we have to going forward. Already Irish tax payers are being shafted with extremely high taxes on their salaries and then multiple taxes on their already taxed salary (road tax...

@roky23 At its increased rate it allowed you to get up to 10% or 30k of a deposit back through your taxes. It had to be used on a new build and through an approved developer. I'm sure it helped some people, but it didn't really help with the low mortgage limits since new builds are out of reach...