Lynn Boylan (Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Minister of State for that update. I question the figures, however, in respect of how we have identified reduced numbers of people experiencing energy poverty. I again draw the Minister of State's attention to the report from the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform entitled, Spending Review 2020: Social Impact Assessment – SEAI Programmes Targeting Energy Poverty.That report says we do not have the metrics to adequately assess how beneficial the retrofitting programme has been in lifting people out of energy poverty and that in order to do that we must collect the correct data to be able to assess whether or not our retrofitting programmes are working and whether they are actually identifying the households most in need. The CSO indicated to do that by quarter 4 of 2020 and we have not seen that data. Perhaps the Minister of State will update us on when we will see those CSO indicators. Then the data he is quoting can be backed up by credible statistics.