Mr. Seán Armstrong:

It is not all about the hard facts; there are also soft facts. On the hard side, the ESRI published a paper stating that the increase a property from a D rating to an A rating increases the value of a property by 9%. Newspaper property sections have reported that A-rated dwellings are driving a demand for new dwellings. The statistics inform us that 98% of dwellings are being built to the standards. A simple analysis of chimneys will not tell one whether it complies; one needs to have the final documentation. There are many softer benefits that are pulling the market towards A-rated dwellings.