Mr. Charles Stanley-Smith:

I cannot say enough good about the Tipperary Energy Agency. The fact that I come from Tipperary obviously helps. We need trusted agencies, and not just in the context of retrofitting houses. There is also a need to consider the best ways to not use gas and so on. If we are to discuss putting solar panels on the roofs of schools or farms, we need somebody in a town to whom people can go for advice on the best way to do these things and on the best solar panels or other materials to use. We need to clone the Tipperary Energy Agency right across the State. Citizen information bureaus are in almost every town. We should have a climate change and energy advice bureau in every town where citizens can get advice for themselves. Everybody has different requirements and different needs. A trusted agency of that sort operating throughout the country would make a huge difference in facilitating retrofits and community energy initiatives.