Ms Catherine Comer:

Rather than looking at eligibility, it might be easier to go through the exemptions. The requirements will apply to tenants in certain circumstances that are set out. They need to be a Part 4 tenant in situ. We have gone through why that is the case. This relates to homelessness prevention measures. We are saying the Part 4 tenant cannot own residential accommodation in Ireland. We believe that is an important piece to include in the Bill. The Part 4 tenant must be in a position to prove he or she has the funds to proceed with the purchase. In addition, the Part 4 tenancy cannot be in breach of the tenant obligations. That is on the tenant's side of it.

As regards where the proposal will not apply, it will not apply in respect of student-specific accommodation. I believe that is a reasonable approach. In the context of dwellings provided by an approved housing body to a social tenant, it will not apply in the case of cost-rental dwellings. It will not apply to build-to-rent properties. That was included as there are particular planning restrictions on build-to-rent properties. It will not apply if the property is one of two or more dwellings in the same property, which the landlord intends to sell in its entirety.

I suppose that is effectively a block of apartments that are currently rental apartments. From a practical point of view, if they were being sold individually to tenants-----