Ms Oonagh McPhillips:

As I said, this is from the Comptroller and Auditor General's report in 2011. It quotes an established practice by the Law Society of Ireland that has been in place since the 1970s to the effect that a solicitor acting on behalf of a purchaser or lessee insists on an opinion and compliance with planning permission from an architect or agent engaged by a landlord vendor showing that the development of the property is in substantial compliance with planning permission.