Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Deputy. I have no doubt that he read the report from cover to cover. During my time as Minister for Education, the Deputy was my Opposition counterpart. I know from his diligence and his work that he would read every report that was ever published. I take his point that the retrofit programme has been a success. However, he makes a fair point about the 250,000 houses using oil. The question is whether we can transition them to heat pumps more quickly. I also accept the point about older people above the free fuel threshold. We have a bit more work to do in terms, perhaps, of reconfiguring the schemes to target what has been identified by the advisory council as to where we can do better in respect of certain aspects of the programme. Deputy Bruton read the report. I do not think Deputy O'Rourke did.

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