Dr. Ciaran Byrne:

I will make a general comment and then invite my colleague from Cork to speak to the Deputy about Cork. There is no restriction on becoming a one-stop shop. Once a company meets the eligibility criteria, is of appropriate scale and has the appropriate capability, it can become a one-stop shop. What we in the SEAI have seen in the 20 years of the organisation is companies start off with small single measures and build their capabilities to the point where they can become successful contractors, in the normal way a business might scale up.

If there is a contractor in Cork that wants to get into this business, believes it has a future in this area and builds up its capabilities, it can apply. Once it meets the criteria, it can be a one-stop shop. That is contractor led. A point that pertains to places such as west Cork, in particular, which is a good three-hour drive across the county, is that the retrofit is happening in every community in the country. If a contractor is based in west Cork, it is much nicer for him or her to drive around west Cork doing the retrofitting than drive to Cork city, Dublin or wherever the work might be. There is considerable benefit for contractors and many of them look to this.

I will ask my colleague, Mr. O'Mahony, to comment on the listing. I do not have the geography of all the companies, but there may well be a Cork-based company on the list.