Green Party Leader Trevor Sargent has accused the Taoiseach Bertie Ahern and the Government of facilitating property ‘rip-offs’, by failing to regulate auctioneers, estate agents, management companies and developers.

Deputy Sargent said: “The excellent Prime Time Investigates programme broadcast last night shows that the Government has been turning a blind eye to unethical, illegal and conspiratorial practices at the expense of ordinary buyers, sellers and occupiers of homes.

“The fact that the property industry is virtually unregulated and that the industry funds the main political parties is not a coincidence.

“The Taoiseach should come clean on how much Fianna Fáil has received from estate agents, auctioneers, management companies and developers in the past ten years.

Posted: 12|13|06 at 8:56 am. Filed under: Auction News.