Ms ?ine Stapleton:

I thank the Cathaoirleach. I will start by mentioning the knowledge we have around the BER ratings of the local authority housing stock. With the shallow retrofit programme we carried out, some 74,000 units were within that programme and they were to be retrofitted to at least a C1 rating. We believe there are at least 35,000 of the stock, which are currently at a B2 rating because they have been built since the standards improved. We will then deliver on the 36,500 to a B rating by 2030. As I mentioned in my opening statement, we will see approximately 70,000 plus at a B rating by 2030 and then those which have not been subject to the initial shallow retrofit will be looked at by us as part of a structured planned maintenance stock survey that is well under way. We have completed a pilot phasing of that with two local authorities. All of the local authorities will have a new ITC system in place to underpin that. From the engagement we have had with the local authorities, although they are just beginning to get the planned maintenance in place, we think we will see about 8,000 surveys done this year. Over the next four to five years, we will have a complete picture but we have a reasonably good view of that portion of the stock which has been subject to some retrofit already.