Ms Valerie Loughnane:

Yes, with respect to the use of these properties for Irish speakers. However, there would be some discretion with respect to the occupation of those properties. If it is the case that somebody had to dispose of their property for whatever reason, the enurement is attached to the property. In other situations, we have the enurement attached to the applicant; for example, when we have seven-year enurement clauses on houses in restricted areas in our county and all over the country. The idea behind it is that the language enurement attaches to the property; the reason being we are trying to ensure we maintain and enhance the Irish language in those areas.