Brian Stanley (Laois-Offaly, Sinn Fein)
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I move amendment No. 6:

In page 14, line 9, after “time;” to insert the following:“and(iv) the developer can demonstrate previous compliance with fire safety regulations and can satisfy the Council that any outstanding issues in respect of fire safety or other planning regulations will be rectified;”.

The amendment is self explanatory. It states that the developer must demonstrate previous compliance with fire safety regulations and can satisfy the council, in this case, Dublin City Council, that any outstanding issues in respect of fire safety or other planning regulations will be rectified. We tabled the amendment because we believe it is important. We saw what happened in the case of Longboat Quay, Priory Hall and other developments around the State. It is important, in particular in the context of inner city multi-unit development complexes, that the previous record of developers is taken into consideration and that we cross all the t's and dot all the i's and ensure developers are compliant because we have had many difficulties dating back to the Celtic tiger years and we all agree that moving forward we do not wish to see a repeat of that.