Ms Eleanor McKiernan:

In Ireland, it is a legal principle that you buy on notice of the physical state, condition and repair of the property. It is not the legal title, that is different and is governed by the conditions of sale. Regarding the physicality of the property, if we look at this Bill, it is suggesting that we would start furnishing those from the vendor, surveys and reports on the physical state of the property. At present, that is not something that is in the legal system in Ireland at all. If that was to happen, it would be a fundamental change.