Denis Naughten (Roscommon-Galway, Independent)
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Yes, but the intention would be to transition away from that.

I am aware from personal experience - I would say many of my colleagues here from rural constituencies could verify this - that the vast majority of one-off houses that are being built are without fossil fuels or, at a minimum, with hybrid boilers. Few are done with anything other than that. I suspect quite a considerable amount of those are gas. That is part of a far broader debate. We have a review ongoing in that area.

In relation to those 45,000 houses, the objective is to bring those up to BER B standard.

As the Deputy will be aware, a 35% proposal that has been put forward by the Europan Parliament in relation to renewables. The 27% was the figure that we had pushed for at Council. That will be part of further negotiations that have to take place.