Jan O'Sullivan (Limerick City, Labour) | Oireachtas source

I cannot see why payers of local property tax who live in housing estates that are maintained by local authorities should have to subsidise people who live in private housing estates that should be taken in charge instead of remaining private indefinitely. As someone who believes in equity, I do not see why the majority of housing estates where homes are privately owned and people maintain their own back gardens and driveways should be subsidising gated communities, for example, that they cannot even access. There is a problem in that respect. Apartment blocks are different and genuine issues relating to them must be dealt with in a way that is fairer to those who have to pay. However, the Bill's focus is on what can sometimes be expensive management charges without addressing the question of, for example, whether communities are gated or have concierge services, gyms and so on. Are such facilities to be subsidised by the public purse?

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