Ciarán Cuffe (Dún Laoghaire, Green Party)

Does the Minster agree that the energy performance of buildings is crucial to meeting our obligations under the Kyoto Protocol on greenhouse gas emissions? Does he agree that the construction sector is one of the few sectors in which we can make real change right now? Is he aware that the derogation on this directive is only available if there are no qualified people to implement it within the entire European Union? Why is the Minister putting this issue on the long finger? Is he doing so because he is being lobbied by the construction industry? Given that people are entitled to an energy rating label on a fridge, they should surely be entitled to one for their homes when they buy them.

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