Dr Barra Roantree said the concrete levy "doesn't make sense"

Minister for Finance Paschal Donohoe said the Government’s credibility is intact after making significant changes to the concrete levy.

The Sinn Fein leader called on the Government to scrap the ‘flawed’ measure.

The Government is set to oppose a Sinn Féin motion calling for the new concrete levy to be scrapped

Mr Ryan said that homebuyers were actually picking up a much larger tab for the mica and pyrite redress schemes – through the tax system

TD for Galway East Sean Canney said now was not the right time to add to the cost of building

The levy will come into force from next April and is expected to bring in around €80 million per year, however, construction industry experts have warned that it will add between €2,000 and €3,000 to the cost of building a typical house.