Mr. Mark Griffin:

To pick up on a couple of issues raised by Deputy Chambers and to add to the figures SEAI has given on the number of houses that have been retrofitted in recent years, it is important to recognise also there is big programme of work ongoing in the local authority sector where, between 2013 and 2017, some €116 million was spent and 64,000 local authority homes had an energy efficiency upgrade.

On public buildings and climate proofing, I will ask my colleagues to deal with two elements. Mr. Manley will talk about what we are doing in respect of energy efficiency in the public sector, and there are a lot of good things to say about that. There is then the flip side to that, which has more to do with the adaptation end and how we climate proof infrastructure. I will ask Dr. O'Neill to comment on that.