Michael Fitzmaurice (Roscommon-Galway, Independent) | Oireachtas source

There is one issue in the cupboard that is not being talked about. It is thrown out constantly, particularly with regard to older people, which is that people can get a warmer homes grant. Let us say they have a stone house, a Land Commission house, of which there are lots in the west as well as right around the country, many of which are a storey and a half or a storey and three quarters and are not full-height houses. If the retrofit guys come out and find that there is stone in the walls, they are very reluctant to do anything with the house. We are hearing about A1 ratings, B ratings and all the ratings in the world but a lot of people do not have the gear to resolve this issue because they are talking about sweating in stone.