June 25th, the MUD Act Reform Group (MARG) which represents apartment owners and a number of approved housing bodies – held a briefing for Oireachtas members on the urgency of putting in place a regulator to oversee the owners’ management companies (OMCs) that manage...
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MUD Act Reform Webinar 19 June 2024
AON’s chair, Bryan Maher and Pat Montague, coordinator of the MUD Act Reform Group, present recommendations for MUD Act Reform and proposed engagement with political parties ahead of the next election. AON Meeting Slides 19.06.24 - MUD Reform ...
Defects Redress Scheme – Petition
Have you signed our petition hosted on the Uplift campaign site- click here? This calls on Government to implement the recommendations of the Oireachtas Housing Committee All-Party “Safe as Houses?” report, including a redress scheme for homes affected by fire and...
AON Meeting – 6 February 2019: Service charge collection & debtor management
Service charge income is the lifeblood of every Owners’ Management Company. Without it no OMC can run effectively. Do your OMC and your directors know the steps for successful service charge collection? Do you know the legal routes to recovering service charge...
May Meeting – Presentation: Lift Safety
At our recent May meeting Max Guijt of Shanderry Elevator & Escalator Consultants delivered an informative session on lift safety obligations for apartment owners and OMCs. There were lots of questions and we intend to have another similar session in the future....
AON in the news – Recent Media Coverage
Our recent presentation to the Joint Oireachtas Committee got some good coverage in the media. See the links below for more Irish Times : Problems with apartment sector could be a ‘time bomb’ for taxpayer RTE News - Regulation needed in apartment sector - Owners'...
AON presentation to Joint Committee : Webcast playback
Hello all, For those who may have missed the live webcast of our recent presentation to the Joint Committee on Housing Planning and Local Government, you can watch playback of proceedings on the Oireachtas website at the link below. Our presentation starts at 0.35:14...
AON Presentation to Oireachtas Committee on Housing Planning & Local Govt
We presented to the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing Planning and Local Government on Thursday 19 April 2018. Our Written Statement is available at the link below. AON JOCHPLG Statement 2018-04-19 We wish to thank the Committee for the invitation to attend and we...
AON – Representing You in Leinster House (19 April)
Hello all, We will appear before your TDs and Senators later this week. Representatives of the Network will meet with the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government The meeting will be lived-streamed on the Oireachtas website- Oireachtas...
AON Update: New Planning Guidelines / AON & SCSI Submission
New Planning Guidelines – Good News for Apartment Management & Funding We are pleased with the recently issued Design Standards for New Apartments - Guidelines for Planning Authorities We worked hard in Department of Housing sessions on behalf of the Network. As a...