David Cullinane (Waterford, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I think it was because we had the witnesses before the committee. How many people that we represent have that kind of money to spend on deep retrofit? If we are making schemes available to deep retrofit homes, let us not do it for the people with the deepest pockets who can afford to deep retrofit and then have all of the benefits that come from energy efficiency. When carbon taxes increase they benefit, but the vast majority of people who do not have the money do not get any State supports to enable them to retrofit are the ones who lose out.

I will come to carbon tax. The Comptroller and Auditor General rightly said that the Exchequer collected €431 million in 2018 but €3.35 billion was collected since the carbon tax was introduced. If he can, will Mr. Carroll tell me on what that €3.35 billion was spent?