Richard Bruton (Dublin Bay North, Fine Gael)
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Those numbers are quite striking. There is low-level opportunity. If we know an area comprises homes built before 1960, we know where they are. Why not use contractors to target every home in poorer energy estates to install cavity wall and attic insulation? It would be very cheap to do and there could be a demonstration effect in older estates by doing a lot of work at one time. The ambition for the midlands scheme was to go in and gather up everything. I am worried that with a one-stop shop we are taking the best aggregators and putting them into the highest and most expensive realm of activity. Should we not put aggregators into cheaper and quicker early win stuff?