Mr. Pat Montague:

That is why, coming back to the review of the Act, I would see that review as the third phase. The first phase is the transfer of responsibility. The second is setting up the regulatory unit in the Housing Agency. Being armed with all of the information that would flow from good regulation would then inform an effective review of the Act.

One of the points the Deputy raised was very well made. At an event we had in Buswells Hotel in April or May last year, which Deputy McAuliffe attended, Mr. Mooney made the point that, leaving aside the growth in multi-unit developments, the number of OMCs is rising dramatically because a lot of new housing developments are now going to be governed by owners' management companies. This is becoming an ever more present issue, rather than an historical one.