Mr. Brian Lambe:

The takeaway for me was the blocking of the budget piece because in practice I have found that, but the devil is in the detail. The comment was interesting around where should members have scope to have vote as a full membership versus the board. The counterbalance to the point that the Deputy is validly making is that some of these big decisions are warranted just, morally if nothing else to say, “You need to make sure that everybody is consulted.” The challenges in some instances conversely to that is that MUD Act states that every time an OMC is to carry out some capital expenditure such as replacing a pump, the theory is that they must call an EGM if there not an AGM coming. There is some work to do in terms of that balancing act between giving a board a level of autonomy to move at the right level of momentum, but also having checks and balances around big issues, such as parking.

On the EV points, I have the scars to prove it in some ways. There is something there certainly in the city centre. We hear of broader schemes being rolled out across the city versus individual owners versus the greater good and those debates about how people will avail of this and should we apply for the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland, SEAI, grant. It is an area that the SEAI want to look at and explore more around multi-unit developments, OMCs and how to support retrofits.