Réada Cronin (Kildare North, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

My question is for Dr. Kinnane. It relates to the national retrofitting plan. We are asking people to apply for loans. We are handing over taxpayers' money in grants to retrofit these homes. I do not feel that Dr. Kinnane is satisfied with the quality control involved or that we can stand over the quality of work relating to the current retrofitting scheme. Dr. Kinnane has said that in some cases, homes with a building energy rating of A2 are performing at C levels. Something that always strikes me about Ireland is that when nobody is in charge, nobody is responsible. Do we need a carbon tsar to take this on and make sure that taxpayer's money is not being wasted and to ensure we are not asking people to go into debt to retrofit their homes when we cannot stand over the quality control of that work? I am concerned about Dr. Kinnane's presentation.