Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 14 October 2025

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage

Multiple Unit Developments: Discussion

2:00 am

Mr. Brian Lambe:

I will add to that in terms of the wider picture. Already by law, the common areas should be transferred from the developer to the OMC before the first unit is sold. In reality, that is not happening, and most likely that is cost driven. I am hopeful that if we have a better regulator in place, more structures and more repercussions for that, it will happen for any new scheme so that we avoid the very difficult circumstances that have happened.