Mr. Brian O'Mahony:

The funding is provided to both of those measures. Since February, we have seen a significant growth in the application rate for our schemes. By May 2022, we had received 80% of all the applications we received in 2021. We saw a significant growth in the number of applications since February across all our schemes, based on the Government announcement. Many people are applying for cavity and attic insulation, which is 80% funding, as well as solar PV and there is growing interest in doing deeper retrofits. We expect by the middle of the year, we will have received the same number of applications to do work that we received for all of last year, which is actually very positive.

The other question the Deputy asked was about complex properties. I presume he is referring to apartment buildings or-----