This morning, Professor John FitzGerald said Irish households will spend between €25 billion and €75 billion over the next 30 years to retrofit cold homes. The vast bulk of resources will come from householders' own pockets. At present, we do not have the skills to do what is required so households that want to be climate friendly and reduce their carbon footprint simply cannot do so. We have nobody to advise on how to go about it. We had a public meeting recently with Professor FitzGerald and he explained in detail how this is a massive problem. We do not have Dermot Bannons to advise people, unless, of course, they have €100,000 or more to invest in a whole-house refit. In the context of thousands of young people unemployed and sitting at home, when does the Government propose to take action to create apprenticeships, training opportunities and jobs in this most vital sector for those who want to respond and reduce their carbon footprint? The Government will not help them.

The Deputy will be aware that retrofitting will be a major part of the journey. We need to see a tenfold increase in the scale of retrofitting by 2030. Obviously, Professor FitzGerald is indicating we need to go beyond that. That will represent less than 1% of GDP, large and all as it is. Therefore, we will be able to accommodate what is proposed. The approach the Government is taking is to initiate in 2020 an aggregated model in the midlands, where I am confident, given other difficulties in the region, we will be able to attract the skills to deliver on scale. I have been working with the regional skills forum in the region to identify the training needs to support such an approach. Following the move in the midlands, we will extend the initiative nationwide. I agree with the Deputy on this. One of the key challenges for the Government has been the expansion of apprenticeships from the traditional 27 roles to 100. That is being rolled out. This is an area in which there will be scope for new traineeships and apprenticeships.