John Kelly (Labour)

I welcome the Minister to the House. I have a number of concerns and issues which I wish to raise with the Minister. The first issue relates to the warmer homes scheme. This scheme is working very well. I do not have information on how it is being operated in other counties but in my county of Roscommon the people who had their attics insulated in 2009 and 2010 were promised, where necessary, that wall insulation would follow. However, they are now being told in 2011 that their walls will not be insulated but anyone applying to the scheme in 2011 will have both attic and walls insulated. I do not know what SEAI are playing at. I will give the Minister a list of those people in Roscommon who had attics insulated in 2009 and 2010 and have now been verbally refused wall insulation. I ask him and his Department to make inquiries in this regard.

I too wish to raise the issue of fracking which was raised by Senator Daly. He voiced his concerns and even being a man from the south west he is concerned about the north west but he should have voiced his concerns to Conor Lenihan -----