Alice-Mary Higgins (Independent) | Oireachtas source

It is not something that should be done as part of a ten-year plan, rather it should be done in the next two to three years. We should look at the entire stock of housing. Is Dr. Keilthy proposing or outlining the possibility of a carrot and stick approach being taken, whereby there would be an incentive for those who offer long-term tenancy security, that, in effect, there would be a stick in that at a certain point, if a private rental property was below a certain energy rating, it is something which might need to be marked, noted or penalised in some way? If someone does not want to offer long-term tenancy security, he or she would have the choice to reach that standard privately.