Joanna Tuffy (Dublin Mid West, Labour)

I want to ask the Taoiseach about the Property Services Regulatory Bill. It is listed to be published before the beginning of the next session, which could be up to February 2009. Is there a timescale for this Bill? As of next month the Government will have spent €600,000 on keeping open the offices of the National Property Services Regulatory Authority but the authority has no legal powers. It is doing its best but it cannot do the job it was created to do in terms of, for example, dealing with the problems of young apartment owners who are being sued for exorbitant management fees for poor services.

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