Denis Landy (Labour)

Yesterday, Members received a briefing from the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland. Will the Leader raise the following issue with the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources, Deputy Rabbitte? When somebody gets a grant to improve the insulation in his or her home, which incidentally I am getting done next Tuesday, there is no measurement of the building energy rating before the grant is provided, although there is a measurement after the work is done.

The idea of this is to reduce energy use in terms of fuel, etc. We are giving grants to people but we are not measuring the improvements made. That is a very important point and it should be incorporated into this scheme. A test should be done before the work commences and not after it. Will the Leader raise this with the Minister? We are giving out millions of euro. It is a brilliant scheme and the provision of this money is creating 6,000 jobs currently. Will Leader raise this so we have proper measurement of the improvements made?