Steven Matthews (Wicklow, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

The vacant homes officer would be the relevant people in place to provide that guidance. I foresee the difficulties as being that sideward way of people saying this is the way we have always done it. People are afraid to deviate from a standard and a way which is working. However, we should look at something that could be introduced on a pilot basis with an appropriate level of oversight and compliance checking to ensure it would be as stringent and that the same results would come out at the far end as if one went through the separate processes and the planning exemptions, which do not exist any more.