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

Most people understand, in common language, and this is how they will read this Bill as well, that there are houses, duplexes and apartments. Duplexes are specifically mentioned.

In Dublin last year, 72% of new builds were what are traditionally know as apartments. Much less than that were what are traditionally known as houses and duplexes. We have an awful lot of apartments getting built. They are not some sort of an afterthought in terms of what is getting built. Why have them hidden in the language and not explicitly recognised?