Mr. Barry Mulhern:

As Ms Cottier has pointed out, the important thing is lived experience. I can come back to the issue around insurance at a later point. One of the things I would point out is that about four days into the first lockdown, we had a fire in our development. It was quite a scary experience because at that time, each individual owner was facing into a €75,000 fire excess for each and every event. We had a fire in a first-floor apartment and there were apartments above and below and an apartment beside it. It would essentially have meant €75,000 for each owner. We feel it is vital to help people who are dealing with this and are putting their heads on a pillow inside an apartment that just does not feel safe. We absolutely have to be part of any committee that deals with this issue because, too often, our voices are not heard.

I hear talk about ambitious timelines. From my perspective, “ambitious timelines” might be the description used but we had to vote in a levy for all of our owners only recently, and the letters have gone out asking, in my case, for just shy of €15,000, which is a massive undertaking to try to get hold of. It might be referred to as an ambitious timeline but, from my perspective, it still seems somewhat vague. I would like more. I would like to get a set timeline so we can get redress or financial assistance in place for everybody.