Mr. Robert Deegan:

Our colleagues from the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage could not be here today, as the Chair mentioned earlier, but they did give us some information pertaining to Deputy Cronin's question. Local authorities delivered a little over 1,000 retrofits last year to a B2 level. The ambition was to deliver 2,400 but the construction shut-down as a result of Covid-19 affected the output. The target for this year is 3,000 homes across the country. A budget of €85 million has been provided for that.

On oversight and decisions, my understanding is that decision is made at local level by local authorities. There is oversight, however, by the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage in terms of the houses that are retrofitted. All that information would be returned to the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage.