54. Deputy Lucinda Creighton asked the Minister for Finance the reason the group threshold as defined in the Capital Acquisitions Tax Consolidation Act 2003 was not increased to reflect rising house prices and the rise in the consumer purchase index in the previous year; his views on whether the lowering of the group threshold in budget 2013 was based on falling house prices; the reason the threshold has not been increased now that average house prices in Dublin have already exceeded the current threshold; the reason the group threshold is set at the lowest levels since 1995; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44511/14]

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54. Deputy Lucinda Creighton asked the Minister for Finance the reason the group threshold as defined in the Capital Acquisitions Tax Consolidation Act 2003 was not increased to reflect rising house prices and the rise in the consumer purchase index in the previous year; his views on whether the lowering of the group threshold in budget 2013 was based on falling house prices; the reason the threshold has not been increased now that average house prices in Dublin have already exceeded the current threshold; the reason the group threshold is set at the lowest levels since 1995; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44511/14]

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