Francis Noel Duffy
Question:1302. Deputy Francis Noel Duffy asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the spending on retrofitting of the current social housing stock. [5450/20]
View answerWednesday, 13 May 2020
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My Department has operated an Energy Efficiency Retrofitting Programme for local authority social housing since 2013. The programme improves the insulation standards and overall energy performance of local authority housing stock, which can benefit those at risk of fuel poverty, as well as contributing to Ireland’s carbon emissions reduction and energy efficiency targets. Since the beginning of the programme, over €151 million of exchequer support has been provided for this work, which has improved the energy efficiency and comfort levels in over 72,000 local authority homes.
For 2020, the Energy Efficiency Retrofitting programme for social housing has an allocated exchequer budget of €25 million, while a further €20 million is being made available for similar retrofitting in the midlands as part of the 'Just Transition' programme.