Mr. Declan Meally:

Cork North-Central is very high in terms of our knowledge of the area and the work that is done through north Cork energy partners, NCE, and other works in partnership with the local authorities have been exemplar. The scheme the Deputy mentioned in terms of doing the private and social homes has been excellent and one that we see as ideally to be modelled and reused in other locations by other local authorities. It has been very good and successful in relation to efficiency as well as the end delivery, which we get from the residents themselves.

We understand there is a hill to climb with retrofit. The supply chain is a big issue. It has been identified countless times, and it was reported to the Committee on Environment and Climate Action this morning by my colleagues who are responsible for the retrofit that this area of the supply chain and getting the numbers of contractors and all that on board is an issue. We need 20 or 30 of these organisations, similar to what Cork has, doing that kind of work. The great thing is that are good examples such as that, showing this is how it can work and how it can work on a-----