Mr. Eoghan Halvey:

On the point about the different typology of stock, I commend Cork City Council on this because it is one of the lead authorities on the asset management-based ICT system and its ambition is impressive in that regard. As to the design of the apartments, the retrofit scheme is more centred around housing stock and maybe not apartments, but there is work ongoing. I have been aware of the programme the Deputy mentioned in Cork that went into the regeneration and I dealt with the council on that one. It was initially looked at for energy retrofit works in the first instance.

We are doing work with the Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications and communicating with them and with other colleagues and agencies through the Housing Agency on publishing a report that will, once and for all, identify how we tackle the apartment complex situation, as an apartment build in its entirety rather than on an individual unit-by-unit basis within an apartment.