Pat Rabbitte (Dublin South West, Labour) | Oireachtas source

I agree there is a significant jobs dimension to all of this. Last year, the figures indicated that 5,500 were involved in the retrofit programme. Undoubtedly, there are jobs in this area. However, the current scheme is a demand-led scheme and there is limited investment in terms of what can be put into such a grants-based scheme. This is why we are working on the transition from that incentive scheme to a pay-as-you-save scheme. Hopefully, we can design a product that will both enhance participation and at the same time create jobs in the retrofit process.

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