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Energy Efficiency

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 23 June 2020

Tuesday, 23 June 2020

Questions (880)

Louise O'Reilly

Question:

880. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of social homes nationwide under local authorities; the number of social homes retrofitted under the energy efficiency and retrofitting programme; the estimated cost to deep retrofit the remaining number of social homes; the average cost by house of retrofitting under the programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11894/20]

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There are circa 138,000 social housing homes nationally in the ownership of local authorities. My Department has been funding an Energy Efficiency Retrofitting Programme for these properties since 2013. The Programme has two phases: Phase 1 comprises the bulk of the work undertaken to date and has focused on delivering immediate improvements such as cavity wall and attic insulation; Phase 2 targets higher cost measures, such as fabric upgrades, window and door upgrades and the installation of photovoltaic panels and heat pumps.

In the period 2013 to 2019, some €151 million in exchequer funding was provided under the Programme to improve energy efficiency and comfort levels in over 72,000 local authority homes. In addition, between 2014 and 2019, energy efficiency upgrade measures have been incorporated into the Voids Programme to return over 9,000 vacant local authority homes to productive use.

The cost of carrying out an energy retrofit on a social home depends on a wide range of factors including dwelling size, year of construction, dwelling condition, and construction type. While initial indications suggest that investment in the region of €2 billion may be required to complete the retrofitting of the local authority housing stock, further detailed analysis is required to profile the works required, including the further works required to those homes that have already had lower cost improvements carried out under Phase 1 and under the Voids Programme.

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