Eoin Ó Broin (Dublin Mid West, Sinn Fein)
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It is related to the issue of gas boilers. Mr. Armstrong did not say we would eventually have to replace the majority of them. It concerns their life cycle and when they have to be repaired, etc. Is it the view of the Department and the Government that many houses can continue to have gas boilers indefinitely or will they have to be phased out at some point? How would that be achieved? Could the technical guidance documents, particularly for multi-units, make it as easy as possible in order that even if we cannot get rid of them now because of a lack of capacity and all the rest of it, design solutions could be put in place now to make it easier to move to a district heating system or something else when the buildings have to be retrofitted?