Darren O'Rourke (Meath East, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

The Minister said he disagrees with me and gave his response but that response does not deal with any of the issues I raised. There is demand there, of course, and I welcome that but the question is from whom is the demand and what works are being done. I have the figures in front of me. Of all of the works done under the warmer homes scheme, only 3% of households were lifted to a B2 standard. That tells me that the warmer homes scheme is doing something very entirely different to what the one-stop shop scheme is doing for people who have access to means and supports. I have made a statement of fact based on the evidence that I have in front of me, not looking at demand or at the amount of work that is being done. I am referring to the pre-work and post-work BER data and the amount of people who are being lifted out of, or not being lifted out of, energy poverty. That is just a statement of fact, borne out by the evidence and I implore the Minister to recognise that and to recalibrate, tweak or change the approach from the Government.

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