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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Multiple Unit Developments: Discussion (14 Oct 2025)

Brian Stanley: Mr. Doran outlined that the problems are on the outside of the building. It is a tinderbox.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Multiple Unit Developments: Discussion (14 Oct 2025)

Brian Stanley: Yes, we could communicate directly. Normally, we do not do that but, in this case, it is a life-and-death issue. I know the witnesses are dealing with other cases but this particular case is serious.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Multiple Unit Developments: Discussion (14 Oct 2025)

Brian Stanley: Yes, it would.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Multiple Unit Developments: Discussion (14 Oct 2025)

Brian Stanley: When the Cathaoirleach was speaking, it came back to me that in my time as a councillor 20 years ago, I had a disagreement with the Department over the partitions between apartments. In one major development in my constituency, there is an apartment complex where the apartments are separated by plasterboard. I argued this with the Department. I am not a construction expert, although I...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Multiple Unit Developments: Discussion (14 Oct 2025)

Brian Stanley: The interior barriers are a real problem. I do not want to rush or be abrupt. There is an issue that has come up a few times with me in terms of the management companies. Roughly 25% are owner occupied. Should the board be the volunteer members? I would like a quick answer.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Multiple Unit Developments: Discussion (14 Oct 2025)

Brian Stanley: It could be Clúid, or it could be a council representative on it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Multiple Unit Developments: Discussion (14 Oct 2025)

Brian Stanley: My experience is that the private landlords tend not to put anybody.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Multiple Unit Developments: Discussion (14 Oct 2025)

Brian Stanley: Mr. Montague has also outlined that there is no training. He said in his opening statement that some of them are paying themselves. I think it is a good thing to have volunteers on the board. I do not think they should be paid. He outlined the financial challenges, and I can see it. As he is talking, I can picture apartment complexes that were built during the Celtic tiger that are now...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Multiple Unit Developments: Discussion (14 Oct 2025)

Brian Stanley: That is accurate. That is a shocking level, and it is something we need to deal with urgently. The scheme was announced two years ago, but nothing has been drawn down as of yet. There is a piece of work for us to do on that. I have a question on the common areas. Are the windows counted? Is there a legal document? I know people who are living in them. I have a relative living in one...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Multiple Unit Developments: Discussion (14 Oct 2025)

Brian Stanley: The witnesses also talked about regulations that have been drafted. They are with the Department of justice at the moment having been transferred over to the Department of local government. Is that correct? They said they are drafted three years, but we have not seen them.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Multiple Unit Developments: Discussion (14 Oct 2025)

Brian Stanley: Has Mr. Montague seen them?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Multiple Unit Developments: Discussion (14 Oct 2025)

Brian Stanley: I am familiar with that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Multiple Unit Developments: Discussion (14 Oct 2025)

Brian Stanley: That happens. If there is something caught between two Departments, you are banjaxed, and no one is responsible. That needs to be sorted and is obviously a priority.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Multiple Unit Developments: Discussion (14 Oct 2025)

Brian Stanley: They are with the Housing Agency. I am surprised that nobody from the sector has had an input. We will take it. We do not know what is in them. We need to see them and see if they are up to scratch. People like the MUD Act Reform Group, Clúid and the local authorities need to see them. I have another question on the oversight and regulation role. There has to be some oversight...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Multiple Unit Developments: Discussion (14 Oct 2025)

Brian Stanley: Ultimately, they have to find the person responsible.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Multiple Unit Developments: Discussion (14 Oct 2025)

Brian Stanley: I turn to multi-tenure complexes, which a lot of them are, where the likes of Clúid or Respond are. There are 100 units and they have maybe 20, the private landlords have 50 and then there is a minority of owner-occupiers. In that case, what are the voting rights? If you go into an AGM and have 20 units, do you go in with 20 votes in your back pocket or do you go in with one?...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Multiple Unit Developments: Discussion (14 Oct 2025)

Brian Stanley: Did the witnesses have an input into those?

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Tillage Sector (14 Oct 2025)

Brian Stanley: 98. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will recognise the need to put greater emphasis on policies and support for the tillage sector, which if expanded would reduce the carbon output from farming and improve the sustainability of the sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54658/25]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Tillage Sector (14 Oct 2025)

Brian Stanley: 131. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will put in place a realistic support scheme for the viability of tillage farming and to increase the percentage of farmland tilled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54657/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Local Community Safety Partnerships (9 Oct 2025)

Brian Stanley: 29. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if provision will be made for TDs to be part of the new community safety partnerships that are now replacing JPCs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54141/25]