Michael Colreavy (Sligo-North Leitrim, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Will the Minister consider revising upwards the target number of houses to be retrofitted? If we thought in terms of hundreds of thousands, not only would we make huge inroads on energy efficiency - 40% of energy use here is by domestic dwellings - but we would do something significant for job creation. Imagine what that would do with regard to removing people from jobseeker's allowance. It can be done if the political will is there to do it.

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