Mr. Jim Scheer:

The €20 million that will go to the aggregated housing upgrade scheme will be funnelled through the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government rather than the Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment. We are working with the Department on the high-level task force that will determine the eventual design of that scheme and how exactly it will be rolled out. That is not yet finalised. The Deputy's estimates on the basis of a deep retrofit, which we would consider bringing a house into the A range, are not necessarily the target for that scheme. It is set in line with the current 2030 target for the 500,000 homes to a B2 or cost-optimal level. Our modelling suggests that those homes do not cost into the €40,000 to €60,000 range but are more in the €20,000 to €25,000 for an upgrade.