Cold homes??????????
Are B rated homes cold in a climate that typically goes from
"Winter in Ireland is roughly from October until March. But thanks to the island's location, in the path of the Gulf Stream, the country enjoys warmer weather than you may expect at this time of year. The average temperature is between 4°C and 8°C (39°F-47°F)."
B rated homes are still quite well insulated against such temperatures.
People deserve the best and especially those at the bottom.
Look at all the modern social and affordable homes built across the city in the past few years, A-rated, solar panels and heat pumps.
Allowing people to get on in life with their families without having to worry about fluctuating energy costs, international oil prices and using solar power as well as microgenerating back to the grid.
The days of houses being barely warm are over.
The lower your energy rating then your house value will be affected.
Banks give cheaper mortgages etc for A-rated homes as well as lending instutitions refusing to give loans for non-compliant non A-rated homes as the occupyers are not spending huge sums on heating etc.
Why?
Because they are just not focking stupid.
Your own party does not even have a climate policy nevermind helping keeping people warm etc in homes as they waffle on about "working families" and "ordinary decent people" etc pretending to even care by talking down to their voters like Lynn Boylan.
Wealthy people can afford energy retrofits and the poor deserve the home upgrades paid for by the council and new A-rated homes.