Micheál Martin has backed proposals to scrap stamp duty for first-time buyers.
The Taoiseach says the number of homes being built here is not where he "wants it to be".
Micheál Martin has backed calls for stamp duty to be scrapped for first time buyers.
The idea is being tabled by his backbench TD Seamus McGrath.
Fianna Fáil is meeting for day two of its pre-Dáil think-in in Tullamore this morning.
Micheál Martin says he wants more houses built:
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