Alan Shatter (Dublin South, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

They will have to be paid to meet the financial obligation. It may be a question of dialogue with the management company that represents the owners; those in question are not people who are benefiting beyond just doing the job of ensuring an apartment block is properly maintained. Somebody may say it is fine to pay in six months, but the debts will not be written off or fall on the backs of the other residents who are, like the person who has failed to pay his management charge, continuing to avail of all the services that are provided within the block.

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