Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 13 October 2022

Public Accounts Committee

2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications
2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General - Chapter 9: Implementation of the National Broadband Plan

9:30 am

Mr. Robert Deegan:

If we were giving 80% grants for double glazing we would have a queue as long as the country. There are grants available for windows and doors under the one-stop shop scheme whereby it is part of an overall package. They are not supported under individual measures. On the most impact for those households the Chairman refers to, there is a reason cavity and attic insulation was chosen. These are the most impactful measures at very low cost in the context of cost effectiveness and value for money. These are the measures that people should be investing in. It is an average of 80% in some houses, but in smaller houses it is actually more on a percentage basis.