John Clendennen (Offaly, Fine Gael)
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We need to look at it through a different prism.

I would like to make two final points. With EV chargers, we are at a stage where we need to make a call that we only install high-speed charging units. Some archaic systems are going in and they are literally not being used any more. We need to make a stand, considering the advances in technology and the cars with bigger batteries and longer ranges, which need a faster charging time.

In social housing in particular, there is an opportunity for us to lead the way by making it a requirement that, where local authorities are developing housing, they put in solar PV panels as standard. We are currently at zero with regard to air to water heat pumps, but they are still drawing from the grid and we should be encouraging more independent generation at individual level if we can.