Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Let us tease out that issue. Again, these are issues that deal with parking policy itself rather than the activity of clamping. It is beyond the scope of the Bill to legislate for practices within the property management sector. I understand that there are already two pieces of relatively recent legislation governing the sector - the Property Services (Regulation) Act 2011, which established a property services regulatory authority to control and regulate property service providers, and the Multi-Unit Developments Act 2011, which seeks to facilitate the fair and effective management of bodies responsible for the management of the common area within both the existing and new multi-unit apartment developments. Such bodies are referred to in that Act as owner manager committees, OMCs, and these Acts are sponsored by the Department of Justice and Equality. If there is an issue in the property management sector regarding the recovery of unpaid management fees through clamping, this is a matter that should be addressed through those Acts.