Chris Andrews (Sinn Fein)

One issue that residents, and tenants of Dublin City Council, have is that when a void is returned to use to a family or an individual, it is done up and renovated and the new tenant or tenants have a nice door that meets certain standards. It is right that they should have a proper door and they should be looked after. If, however, you are a tenant living next door to the tenant or tenants who have just moved into their new home, you could have been paying significant rent for 30 or 40 years and your door could be hanging off and could be poorly insulated and in bad condition. Yet, the council will not replace your door with a door that properly insulates the home and reduces the costs of heating it. Tenants are deeply frustrated about this. Why should a tenant who has been paying rent for years be deprived of a door that actually does what it is supposed to do?