Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 20 September 2022
266. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide details of monies provided to the four local authorities in Dublin by his Department for the provision of retrofitting of council housing stock by category for each of the years 2019 to 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45539/22]
View answerSince 2013, Exchequer funding has been provided through my Department's Energy Efficiency Retrofit Programme (EERP) to support local authorities with the retrofit of local authority owned homes requiring insulation and energy upgrade works. Since the programme commenced in 2013 over 75,000 homes have been retrofitted with a total exchequer spend of €184 million under the scheme.
In response to the Programme for Government commitment, my Department launched a newly revised ten year Energy Efficiency Programme in 2021 for local authority owned housing. This new programme set a BER performance requirement of “B2” or cost optimal level. The upscaling of the works included in the programme sees a substantial overall increase in funding being made available for insulation, windows and doors and heating upgrades, specifically the installation of a Heat Pump and associated works. The installation of gas/oil boilers are no longer supported under the energy efficiency programme funded by my Department.
An annualised breakdown of the funding provided and the number of properties upgraded under the Energy Efficiency Retrofit programme for the years 2013-2021 is available on my Department's website at the following link:
www.gov.ie/en/publication/668c1-energy-efficiency-retrofitting-programme-expenditure-output/
My Department announced earlier this year that funding will be provided for the upgrade of approximately 2,400 social homes this year, of which 304 have been allocated to Dublin City Council, 68 allocated to Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown, 81 allocated to Fingal and 146 allocated to South Dublin County Council. Work in this regard is underway but it will be later this year before significant recoupment claims are lodged with my Department. Full details in relation to the 2022 EERP will be available early in 2023.
