Mr. Brian O'Mahony:

We see heating controllers and smart technology in homes as a very important part in the energy transition. In the last decade in SEAI and through Government schemes, we have supported a lot of heating controllers directly into homes. In the last few years there has been significant growth in this technology. That tells us that we need now to focus into deeper measures. In the last five years in the programmes the Government has supported we have moved the support into the delivery of deeper measures. This is aligned with the energy efficiency obligation scheme with the utilities to try and get people to achieve decarbonisation on a fast pathway to support our targets to 2030. Those technologies do have a place. They were less common perhaps a decade ago but now they are very common and provided. However, now supports are focused on both delivering the smart controllers along with a heat pump and a better rate for the property along with other technologies such as solar PV and microgeneration as well.