Emmet Stagg (Kildare North, Labour)

I have checked the record and it is now eight years since I first raised the need for legislation regarding management companies and fees in housing estates. Other Members have raised the issue since. We have received a list of promises from Government in regard to the different types of legislation it proposes to introduce. We first heard three Bills would be introduced and were then told two or one would be introduced. The issue has now returned to the melting pot. In the meantime, young families in new housing estates throughout the country are in a financial mess as a result, some of whom are being grossly exploited and being charged up to €2,500 in management fees while the grass in these estates is not even being cut.

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