Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 15 July 2020
75. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if an unredacted version in electronic format of the residential retrofit note provided by his Department to the programme for Government talks will be provided; and if an unredacted version of the collated briefing by his Department will be provided. [16264/20]
View answerThe Programme for Government and the Climate Action Plan set highly ambitious targets for the number and depth of residential retrofits and heat pumps to be installed over the period to 2030. The targets are to retrofit 500,000 homes to a B2/cost optimal equivalent and install 400,000 heat pumps in existing buildings by 2030.
A cross-Departmental Retrofit Taskforce has been established to develop a new retrofit delivery model capable of achieving these targets. This process has been informed by consultation with stakeholders and an analysis of relevant national and international experience. The model is designed to address barriers to energy efficiency investments in four key areas: customer proposition and demand generation, financing and affordability, supplier capacity, and delivery structure. The Retrofit Taskforce report is to be published in Q3 2020.
The Department prepared a note on residential retrofit and a collated briefing note in order to inform the recent Government formation talks. These notes were published on the website of the Department of the Taoiseach with redactions made in accordance with Section 29 of the FOI Act 2014, which relates to the deliberative processes of an FOI body. In line with FOI rules, the full note will be available when the deliberative process has concluded.
