Alan Kelly (Tipperary, Labour) | Oireachtas source

I have a quick query on contractors. We have got a human resource issue with regard to the volume of people, and I hope the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, Deputy Simon Harris, will deal with this in the long term. However, through our clinics again, there are some issues that come up with regard to contractors and how they are acting, and I would encourage SEAI to deal with them. Even last Friday I had somebody in my clinic who is on the warmer homes scheme and were getting their house retrofitted. The dormer windows and the roof was not part of it. That does not make any sense because, essentially, all the heat is going to go out through there. The contractor said they would do it separately. That should not be happening. I will fire on the case to SEAI separately but that should not be happening.

What inspections are being done? First, I agree with the Comptroller and Auditor General with regard to the need for data or a measurement before and after regarding performance. I know SEAI does not get it. I know the contractors get it. What is being done by SEAI to ensure that it gets the data, which it can then supply to us, with regard to a "before and after" on energy consumption, etc.? Second, we have an outlay of contractors. What is being done with regard to measuring their performance and activities?