Ms Kath Cottier:

The owners in Beacon South Quarter initially were not looking to the Government for the solutions to their problems. They wanted the contractors and the developers to be held to account. We spent hundreds of thousands of euro getting legal advice only to be told that the mark for recovery was so poor and the risk was so high to members in terms of levying to take legal action that we could not, as directors, make that decision to take it forward. Our commitment to the owners is to lobby. As Ms Holland said, that accountability is really strong.

Multi-unit development legislation reform is an area that dovetails in this regard. We talk about building control reform but there is a need to reform of how we manage multi-unit developments.