Richard Bruton (Dublin Bay North, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Like my good colleague and fellow Meath man, I read the climate advisory report this morning. It shows that residential building is the only area where we are on target to meet out climate budget. It commended the Government on the 80% take up in the retrofitting loan scheme and one-stop shop. However, the report recommends targeted interventions. I would like the Tánaiste to look at these. There are 250,000 homes built post 2007 that are still using oil. These could switch to using heat pumps. I also ask him to consider older persons who are above the fuel threshold but often live in very energy-inefficient homes.

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