Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)

Amendment No. 12 is designed to ensure the developer of unsold units in a development is recognised as the unit owner. In that context, the developer will have the same rights and responsibilities as other owners in the developer. The amendment addresses the objective of amendment No. 13 tabled by the Labour Party.

Amendment agreed to.

Amendment No. 13 not moved.

Government amendment No. 14:

In page 4, lines 26 to 33, to delete subsection (2) and substitute the following:

"(2) In this Act a unit shall not be treated as having self-contained facilities unless the unit has bathroom facilities and cooking facilities within it for the exclusive use of the occupants of the unit concerned.".

Amendment agreed to.