Steven Matthews (Wicklow, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

I am interested to hear that. If there is a review of regulations or that process, I am sure it will come to the committee at some point. We would be interested in engaging in that. My understanding is - this is from experts working in the field and the large technical guidance document comprising 12 or 13 chapters that is out there - it is quite directed towards new builds or not quite at where you have got to refurbish three-storey buildings. That is helpful to know.

On the dereliction, would a dereliction tax work better than a dereliction levy? There was €5 million levied on derelict sites and derelict buildings owners in 2020 by local authorities but they collected less than €400,000 - a less than 10% collection rate. Might a dereliction tax, with that tax coming back to the local authorities to feed back into this urban and rural regeneration that we are trying to do, be a sensible move?