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

By way of an actual example a planning application for a site off Pearse Street was approved. It has more than ten units of accommodation on a site of that size and has been granted planning and should have Part V. I know it might not happen a lot but it will happen more in our urban areas. I fully accept there is a certain level of units where viability becomes a problem but we now have an SDZ in Poolbeg that is 200 units per hectare. The prospect of development sites that are small parcels of land that could yield more than four units of accommodation and be exempt from Part V is not an inconsiderable issue. I know the Minster of State will not accept the amendment but I urge the officials to look at this issue, particularly as it applies in Dublin.