Cian O'Callaghan (Dublin Bay North, Social Democrats) | Oireachtas source

On a question for the Construction Industry Federation, head 83 of the bail is about planning conditions and subhead (2)(g) concerns conditions requiring bonds. I want to get the view of the Construction Industry Federation. I am aware of a number of cases where the bonds end up being insufficient, the development is not completed to a full standard, it is not then taken in charge by the local authority and then, years later, after a new development has been finished, there are situations where the residents are left in limbo. For example, in my constituency, a playground was removed recently that had been put in by the developer but was never taken in charge, and the bond was insufficient to bring it up to standard - there are all of those sorts of things. On the whole issue around bonds, could anything in this section of the Bill be changed to make this more effective? Does the Construction Industry Federation have a view or input on that?