James Bannon (Fine Gael)

We are glad that the Government has included measures in the Planning and Development (Strategic Infrastructure) Bill. However, we will implement our Bill if it emerges that the Bill, when signed into law, does not have the desired effect in this area. Our Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Bill 2006 allows for the regulation of management companies and their agents in the face of reports that new homeowners are faced with poorly maintained communal areas, inadequate provision for sinking funds and a total lack of transparency of where their increasing management fees are being spent.