Eamon Gilmore (Dún Laoghaire, Labour)

The European directive on the energy performance of buildings, which will introduce the energy labelling of buildings, is supposed to be implemented on 1 January 2006, but the Government is looking for a derogation in respect of it. It wants three more years, in which it will build more dwellings with nine-inch cavity blocks to a standard that will cause expense and grief to those who buy them. It has missed a great opportunity.

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