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

The first part of my question was straightforward but I do not think the Minister of State answered it in his response. To reiterate, there is a 2030 target of 400,000 heat pumps. To date, how many of those pumps have been installed? By my estimation, on the figures I have received, it is in the region of 10,000, or 2.5% of the total. The Government is behind its own targets by 30%, which is a significant amount. By all accounts, from listening to people and engaging with those who are having retrofits done or who are eager to have retrofits done, there are real challenges regarding the installation of heat pumps. What is the Government going to do to address that? Will the Minister of State acknowledge those figures? Will he update us on the heat loss indicator study to see if there are additional properties that may be suitable for heat pumps?

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