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

This is a live discussion in the North, as some defects have been found in an apartment block in Belfast. In the case of building defects, the period is seven years from construction. What really matters is when the planning authority, the member of the public who makes the complaint or the homeowner discovers the breach of planning or of building control.

I urge the Minister to consider this matter. The solution is an appropriate number of years from discovery. That would not necessarily need to be 15 because once it is discovered, it can be acted on. I support Deputy O’Callaghan’s amendment, but I will more than likely table a Report Stage amendment.