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

Each construction project is different and projects are at different stages. Of course, it is not that one would not have some transitional arrangement, but if the transitional arrangement is too broad or too blunt, there is the risk of incurring greater charges at a later point in time, if at a later point in time our descendents after we are long gone are having a conversation about how to retrofit those buildings. A commencement does not necessarily mean much work has been done. Likewise, the fact that a building has been designed does not mean that under certain circumstances a modest amendment to that design without necessarily changing the planning permission could not be incorporated. It just seems to be that this is the date and that is it, rather than something a little more sophisticated given that there is not just the imposition of additional costs and inconvenience to the construction at that point but, for example, for future occupants if they had to retrofit or if the State has to pay at that later stage. Does Mr. Armstrong understand the point I am making?