Cormac Devlin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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I heard what the Minister has said about the investment in the better energy, warmer homes scheme. All of us will have been contacted by constituents about delays in the waiting time to avail of that scheme. First, does the Minister have the information to hand on the timeframe for individuals waiting for the assessment and then from the assessment being successful to works actually beginning? Second, on retrofitting, the Minister mentioned local authority units. That seems to be quite slow. Does that rest with each local authority itself or is there a national push from the Minister's Department to try to use the money for retrofitting purposes? Third, there was an announcement today that two new banks are coming on stream on the home energy upgrade grant scheme. What are the Minister's thoughts on the uptake of those loans?