Bertie Ahern (Dublin Central, Fianna Fail)

——where people have their own front and back gardens and an open space is wrong. I agree with that point.

If the practice cannot be stopped in the planning and development stage, it should be examined. It is an unnecessary increase in the cost. Most residents say they could live with the contracts if they got the services, but the management companies, even though there are regulations, do not manage the services. It is difficult to find who is behind the companies. For these reasons, the legislative route is probably the only way in which the issue can be controlled.

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