Brian Stanley (Laois, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Turning to the Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment, there are 497,101 private rented homes in the State. Some of those households are paying up to 60% of their incomes in rent and household costs, which we know from research that was helpfully provided by some of the other witnesses and the bodies that they represent and that are doing useful work. Will the landlords who own the 497,101 homes transition them into super A-rated or B-rated properties in the next year, two years or three years? We know that the houses in question have the lowest energy ratings. That is certainly the case in my constituency. I have been in rented flats and houses that are iceboxes between October and April. Does the Department believe that there will be a transition within two or three years? How will it be done?