Sinn Féin claims concrete levy will have even higher impact on house prices than estimated

Sinn Féin TD Pearse Doherty called on the Government to scrap the levy altogether. Picture: Damien Storan

The cost of the concrete levy on construction will be higher than what the Government has estimated, Sinn Féin’s Pearse Doherty has claimed.

It comes as builders have said they want the controversial levy to be postponed for two years and want the Government to review the matter.