Eamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

I think that is utterly wrong. The Minister has spoken, non-stop, about how he has cornered €23 billion in spending but €13 billion of that is existing investment by the ESB and EirGrid, which they do every year in any event. For retrofitted buildings, which should be the most carbon-reducing element of the package, there is €3 billion for the next ten years. When Mr. McCarthy was asked how much retrofitting of social housing he would do, he said it would depend on the money. In other words, it is dependent on the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform. How much would the carbon saving be from retrofitting the 40,000 houses, which Deputy Pringle discovered would be done at a cost €1 billion?