Mary Fitzpatrick (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I thank everyone for their presentations. It is lovely to welcome a neighbour from Dublin Central and I welcome everyone. As a public representative and resident, I value the work of residents' associations. They do incredibly valuable work which is done voluntarily. It is an enormous effort for people to take time out of their busy lives and run associations. I thank the witnesses and the residents' associations they represent.

On the Bill, as the Chair explained, it is difficult for us to get representative groups. Would it be fair for the committee us to assume that residents' associations are largely made up of homeowners and do not generally represent renters or homeless persons?