Dr. Ciaran Byrne:

Some was done, but there was a restriction on that. It would be inappropriate and unfair to lump the warmer homes scheme in with wider construction. As I said earlier, there is a significant difference between being out constructing on a building site or a factory or wherever and going into the homes of vulnerable people. That is what would be happening in the warmer homes scheme. It certainly impacted significantly. It is not that no work was done. In 2022, our property upgrades were 2,398. We completed a significant number. Even though the Covid restrictions ended around this time last year, there was still reluctance on the part of quite a number of homeowners to allow people into their homes.