Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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Question 408: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views as an interim measure, pending the report of the high level interdepartmental committee on multi-unit developments, on imposing a requirement on management companies and management agents to provide clear and immediate information on their operations to the occupants, both collectively and individually, of multi-unit developments for which they have undertaken management responsibilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16033/08]

Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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Question 409: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of occasions on which the inter-departmental committee on multi-unit Developments, which is chaired by his Department, has met to date; the date it last met; and when the committee is scheduled to issue its final report. [16034/08]

Brian Lenihan Jnr (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 408 and 409 together.

The position is that the Law Reform Commission has indicated that it will publish, as soon as possible, its Report on Multi-Unit Developments which, following an extensive consultation process, will contain definitive reform proposals concerning the regulation and governance of property management companies.

The high-level interdepartmental committee, under the chairmanship of my Department and comprising representatives of relevant Departments and Offices, met on eight occasions during 2007 to review the issues raised in the Law Reform Commission's Consultation Paper. The committee is now awaiting publication of the Commission's Report and will then proceed to examine its definitive recommendations for reform. The key task of the committee will be to identify the legislative and other actions to be taken in response to the Commission's reform recommendations and to determine a timescale for their implementation. This committee is reporting to a Cabinet Committee whose membership comprises the Ministers for Justice, Equality and Law Reform; Environment, Heritage and Local Government; Enterprise, Trade and Employment and the Attorney General.

Pending publication of the Commission's Report it would not be feasible to enact legislation to give effect to interim measures. The Government has already directed that early action be taken by the relevant Departments to address the Commission's recommendations; the types of action to be taken will, of course, be dependent on the form that the recommendations take.