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

Clarity is important here. The transitional mechanism is that, notwithstanding repeal, the provisions of the 2000 Act will continue to apply until such time as section 9 is enacted and regulations pertaining to it are enforced.

Everything that is exempted development, or would have otherwise been exempted development under the 2000 Act, will continue to be able to secure that status, for example, through a section 5 declaration or whatever or what will be section 10, until the new provisions are enacted and the regulations-----