Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Aontú) | Oireachtas source

The retrofitting of homes should be the low-hanging fruit in any campaign against climate change. Making houses warmer, more efficient and cheaper to run and reducing carbon emissions should be the first steps the Government takes. Ten years ago, I published a plan that would have resulted in the deep retrofitting of 500,000 homes within five years. It was at a time when many skills that we needed to keep were being lost from the country. The target for the past three years was the retrofitting of 50,000 homes. Last year, 18,000 homes were retrofitted. If we have a larger target, how will the Government be able to ramp up to reach it in the next couple of years?

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