Cian O'Callaghan (Dublin Bay North, Social Democrats)

I thank the Minister for the answer. I am not clear on a couple of aspects of the definition, which I hope he can clarify. It appears from what the Minister is saying that apartments with own-door access do not qualify under this definition, but then it is not entirely clear, in terms of how it is written, that they would not. The wording simply refers to three apartments with grouped or common access. It does not refer to common internal access only. There could be grouped or common access and 20 ground-floor apartments with one common access point through one set of gates or one driveway and so on, but none of this is clear. Will the Minister be explicitly clear so there is no doubt about this? It could be interpreted in many different ways.

Own-door access can be a good element of design. If the Minister is ruling it out through this, does he have any concerns about disincentivising a good element of design and about the distortion that could create? Has he considered that?