John McGahon (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I have two major points. When we look at the carbon budgets that are going to be required for different sectors, there are clearer pathways in some sectors. We talk of the modal shift and I would love to hear the Minister's views on that shift in rural Ireland. It is so much easier to get people out of cars in not just big cities but big towns like Dundalk, where I am from. It is easy to do that, but how do we move that into more rural areas around the country? How do we do that modal shift? Is it basically just through trying to get people into electric vehicles and providing better bus routes or are there other multifaceted approaches we need to take to getting the modal shift across the line in rural Ireland? Everyone uses cars, whether it is going five minutes down the road to the shop, to a GAA match or whatever. I would be really interested in hearing how we improve the modal shift in rural Ireland.

The other point relates to something the Minister mentioned earlier, namely, the national retrofit shops and the concept of these one-stop shops. I know from speaking to the Chairman about this recently that they are pretty much ready to go in the new year. I would like some outline from the Minister on these one-stop shops where a member of the public who wants to do the right thing can walk in and get good advice from somebody-----