Pat Rabbitte (Dublin South West, Labour)

We have had no feedback, good, bad or indifferent, from the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, who is sponsoring the Bill, on these areas of discussion. I am aware of situations where even the sinking fund is being used to do ordinary works. Many citizens are in distress in regard to these management companies across west Dublin, Kildare and several other parts of the country. Whether one agrees with NAMA or not, the Attorney General did a hell of a job burning the midnight oil to produce that Bill. In some cases, people have been prisoners of management companies for three or four years and we cannot get the legislation. We do not have a major argument with the Bill as published.

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