Cian O'Callaghan (Dublin Bay North, Social Democrats) | Oireachtas source

The thing about wording in legislation is that it should be explicit and clear. The whole rationale of this Bill was originally that we wanted to have something clear that is easy to follow. Why say houses and duplexes? Duplexes is in the legal definition of houses as well, so why say houses and duplexes but not apartments? It states, "in particular houses and duplexes". It is very hard to read that and, given that Government policy currently has provisions around owner-occupier guarantees and planning for houses and duplexes but not apartments, which are explicitly excluded from the Government's owner-occupier guarantee for sales-----