Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 10 July 2019

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action

Housing and Retrofitting: Discussion

Mr. Jim Gannon:

It is worth noting that work started on several programmes over the past number of years. We have already tested five different models such as whether there is a better way to provide finance to a larger range of people that are not grant-related. We are not without empirical experience. We are still looking at green mortgages and pay-as-you-save, to which Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett referred.

On warmer homes, we intentionally worked with contractors to bring the level of intervention that little bit deeper and, over the past two years, aligning it to B2. We are developing those competencies with contractors.

It is not a standing start. The pressure is on but we need to ramp things up. Whether or not there is an expectation or perception that it is achievable, the timeline articulated in the all-of-Government plan requires these solutions to work in the next several months.

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