Pearse Doherty (Donegal South West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

The cap is coming from the EU, not the Government, and is a result of having to pass the state aid rules. The key point remains that there is no living requirement in the living city initiative. With regard to the single-storey case, we can argue whether it is worthy to extend this to single-storey buildings, built before 1915 or otherwise. Even if we were to agree to the merits of extending it to single-storey buildings, why would we remove the requirement on two-storey relevant houses, or the old Georgian houses, to have living quarters in the house? The legislation no longer contains that requirement.