Thomas Byrne (Fianna Fail)

While I do not wish to delay proceedings, I will raise an important issue. This section appears to have been dropped into a template Bill that was provided by the legislation on the non-principal private residency charge. With all due respect to those responsible, this is not a particularly well drafted section. Why are certain people not liable to pay the charge while others are entitled to a waiver? Is it intended to make a distinction or difference in respect of waivers? As the Minister of State will recall from his old days when he served with my father on Drogheda Borough Council, a waiver for bin charges was always a reduction and never a full exemption. I do not know what is the exact definition of the term.