Paul Gogarty (Dublin Mid West, Independent)

I thank the witnesses for their contributions. It appears that on the one hand, we have very welcome EU legislation for registration that makes a lot of sense. On the other hand, we have the Government and the Department of housing trying to crack down on people making a fast buck in urban areas when there is a housing crisis. They are both worthy things, but where they are meeting seems to be a total mismatch, to be quite honest. Ms McGuire said if there is already planning permission granted, that might be acceptable. Let us imagine a house that got planning permission 20 years ago for its area. Is it a case of just applying for a change of use and then it will be stamped? That is not in the legislation, but is that in fact how it is going to happen?