Mr. Dónal Nugent:

To add to what Mr. Mulhern said, we introduced a levy in September and the contractors are ready to start work on 18 January. The problem is we have six-block apartments and four-block apartments and if we do not get everybody within those particular blocks to pay, the work cannot start. As of yesterday, we had 32 people committed to paying the levy out of 86 but that does not include one full block. In one block, five people are ready to go but one person has not got back yet. If that one person cannot get the money together, the repairs cannot be done, so there is no insurance, no fire cover and the apartment cannot be sold or rented without it being on the owner's conscience.

We need help with a lot of different issues. It is not just a case of introducing a levy and collecting money. Even one person can stop the works from happening. That is the position we are in at the moment.