Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 21 February 2012
428 Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if grant funding will be made available to him to retrofit wall and attic insulation and to improve energy efficiency in local authority housing (details supplied) in Dublin 15; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9786/12]
View answer467 Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide funding for the refurbishment of windows and doors for local authority housing (details supplied) in Dublin 15; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9761/12]
View answerI propose to take Questions Nos. 428 and 467 together.
Under my Department's Social Housing Investment Programme, local authorities are allocated capital funding each year in respect of a range of measures to improve the standard and overall quality of their social housing stock. The programme includes a retrofitting measure aimed at improving the energy efficiency of older apartments and houses by reducing heat loss through the fabric of the building and the installation of high-efficiency condensing boilers.
It is a matter for local authorities to select the properties to be upgraded and to determine the nature and the scale of the works to be undertaken in each case. Local authorities will be notified of the allocations for the programme in early March.
