Eoin Ó Broin (Dublin Mid West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

That is the concern I have. We know the built environment is responsible for approximately 30% of emissions, 10% of which is embodied carbon. That Irish Green Building Council research is important because it shows if all the good work people here and elsewhere are doing continues to be done in terms of energy efficiency, then the carbon emissions from our energy systems and operational carbon will fall dramatically. Meanwhile, the embodied carbon will keep going up. That is just housing, schools, roads and hospitals.

It would worry me if the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage's primary focus on this issue is operational. It should be equally shared across both. While the operational is the larger component now in the built environment, it will not be like that in five years. Does Mr. Armstrong see the concern I have?