Martin Cullen (Waterford, Fianna Fail)

Amendment No. 5 inserts a new subsection (7) in section 96B to require local authorities to issue a receipt once the levy has been paid, a matter about which I have already spoken. This receipt is evidence for house purchasers and their solicitors that the levy has been paid and that the condition of the planning permission has been complied with. Solicitors should not allow their clients to complete the purchase of the house without the receipt being produced. It is a protection for purchasers. Amendments Nos. 6 and 7 are consequential on the insertion of this new subsection to change the numbering in later subsections. I hope there will be agreement on this.