Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 2 October 2025
Select Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Further Revised)
2:00 am
Eoin Ó Broin (Dublin Mid West, Sinn Fein)
I have a couple of quick things to cover. I very much welcome the transfer of responsibility for the Multi-Unit Developments Act 2011 and the Property Services Regulatory Authority to the Minister's Department. It is where it should always have been. It means that we can, hopefully, do some work on it. The Act is outdated and not fit for purpose. In the context of it being here in the document, is it the Minister's intention to initiate a reform of the legislation? Obviously, there needs to be public consultation, etc. Our committee is looking to have a hearing in the autumn on this issue. It is a really important area. Given we are moving to having far more higher-density developments, not just in the big cities but in towns as well, can the Minister give us a sense of the timeline of where the Department is with that? As part of that undertaking, could issues with the regulation of owner management companies, OMCs, and the regulation of property service managing agents also be part of a review? That is long overdue.
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