Brian Stanley (Laois, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I have one question for the Department. On retrofitting, a lot of what is left is external because the easy ones, the internal work, and I can see them around the midlands, have been done. Many of the ones left are the harder, older ones that require external wrap-around. There have been problems in England, Scotland and Wales with ones done under the British energy saving scheme. Problems have cropped up with several hundred homes in terms of moisture penetration because it is wrapping with a soft fabric in a wet climate, and they depend on the texture on the outside.