Mr. Brian O'Mahony:

There are 89 works applications that are completed at this stage where they have done the retrofit to B2 or better. When the scheme started in March, we had to register the one-stop shops. The homeowner journey is that they first do a home energy assessment and once they have completed that, the pathway to upgrading their home to at least B2 or better is laid out, and they can then make the decision about the works applications. A way of looking at it is that there is a lag. A criticism directed at me continually is that the numbers are not delivered yet but it is actually about getting up to speed and now, as Dr. Byrne mentioned, what has happened is that nearly 1,300 home energy assessments are completed.

Homeowners have made applications and more than 600 homes are in the process of completion, with 100 of them finished. We expect that to continue into next year and beyond.