Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Part M requirements may be regarded as a statutory minimum level of provision. The accompanying technical guidance encourages building owners and designers to have regard to the design philosophy of universal design and to consider making additional provisions where it is practicable and appropriate to do so. There is a basic standard in the regulations and a guidance document that encourages design to reflect universal design philosophy. I will examine the three amendments to see if there is an indicator that we can include to encourage this to be considered. I need to check whether such a thing would, in legal terms, need to be taken into account as part of the planning consideration, as opposed to the building quality consideration.