Eoin Ó Broin (Dublin Mid West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I am much more satisfied with that explanation. That makes much more sense to me.

The big question is that it is proposed to allow SHD applications in certain circumstances, according to head 13, which relates to the transitional arrangements, up to 25 February if they are in the pre-planning SHD process. Surely the logical thing would have been to stick with the original sunset clause in the original legislation as passed by the previous Government to have the cut-off point at the end of the year. People have plenty of notice, given that this is being published now. Why are we allowing for that further extension? It is not unlike the co-living ban. It means we will still have SHD application decisions being made well into the middle of next year if we allow these transitional timelines.