1.—In this Act—

F1[“Act of 2022” means the Higher Education Authority Act 2022;]

“the Agency” means the Housing Finance Agency;

“borrower” means a person to whom a loan described in section 5 (3) of this Act is made and includes the successor in title of the person to whom such a loan is made;

“the Companies Acts” means the Companies Acts, 1963 and 1977;

“house” includes any building or part of a building used or suitable for use as a dwelling and any outoffice, yard, garden or other land appurtenant thereto or usually enjoyed therewith;

F2[“Housing Agency” has the same meaning as it has in the Pyrite Resolution Act 2013;]

“housing authority” means a housing authority within the meaning of the Housing Act, 1966;

F2[F3[“institution of higher education” means—

(a) a designated institution of higher education within the meaning of the Act of 2022 that is also a funded body within the meaning of that Act, and

(b) a higher education provider that is not a designated institution of higher education within the meaning of the Act of 2022 but is a funded body within the meaning of that Act whose primary income derives from funding provided to it by An tÚdarás um Ard-Oideachas under section 37 of the Act of 2022;]]

“the Minister” means the Minister for the Environment.