John Gormley (Dublin South East, Green Party)

Such a scheme will be of assistance not only in the context of reducing CO2 emissions but will also reduce people's fuel bills. The retrofitting programme is only the beginning and I have every confidence that my colleague, the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources, will roll it out.

With regard to the local authorities, we are providing €50 million for the programme this year and this will be ramped up in the future. What we are doing is about helping ordinary people.

On flooding, there is a commitment in the budget to increase-----

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