Brian Stanley (Laois-Offaly, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I see some of the houses that were improved under that scheme in those areas when I am coming in in the mornings. On the shallow retrofits, I am looking at a table based on figures from 2010 up to the end of 2019, as supplied by the SEAI to my colleague, Deputy Darren O'Rourke. In 2011 there were 51,557 shallow retrofits done. The same corresponding figure decreases every year right the way down along to 2018 and 2019. In 2019 it went down to 7,562 for shallow retrofits. Cavity wall projects went from 41,000 in 2011 down to 636 last year. The 2021 figure is very concerning. In 2011 roof attic insulation went from 51,000 down to 4,700 in 2021. The very important cavity wall insulation went from 41,000 down to 3,726. What is happening behind those figures? I am looking across a decade when everyone was talking about retrofit and everyone saw the need to get this going to reduce energy consumption and meet our climate change targets. It was also to reduce energy bills and make homes more comfortable for people. What happened there? Why have we gone from 41,000 cavity wall insulation retrofits ten years ago to only doing 3,700 last year?