Noel Ahern (Dublin North West, Fianna Fail)

I do not think that should be the first thing to be done. The application and the work have to be done in accordance with rules and regulations. It is not for me to wonder why the 125 sq. m. requirement is in place. If rules are in place, we have to comply with them. I fully accept that the person Senator Norris is representing might have had a legitimate motivation for what he was doing. The living over the shop scheme has not been a significant success, generally speaking. Everyone thinks it is a marvellous bloody idea, but they do not seem to be taking it up.