Brian Stanley (Laois-Offaly, Sinn Fein)
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They are based in a warehouse in Portlaoise, close to where I live. We will hold back No. 1410B and deal with it next week.

No. 1422B is from Mr. Graham Doyle, Secretary General of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, dated 29 August. It provides information requested by the committee regarding energy ratings of local authority-owned social houses and the numbers serviced by solid fuel central heating systems and with single-glazed windows. It is proposed to note and publish the correspondence. Deputy Catherine Murphy and I have flagged this correspondence for discussion. Members will see the figures included. I know that substantial work is being done in the local authority sector, in some counties at least, on energy upgrades for local authority housing. Some of the older housing stock has not been touched yet because those houses are constructed with mass concrete and require more extensive work, including external wraparounds and that type of thing. That is obviously an issue of concern. Mr. Doyle sets out the progress to date in respect of cost. He also states that a certain amount of information is held by the local authorities themselves. Some €85 million was provided under the programme for 2022 to allow for the retrofit of 2,400 homes.