Darren O'Rourke
Question:57. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the further retrofitting funding measures that are included for Approved Housing Bodies in Budget 2023. [48788/22]
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Questions (57, 65, 66)
Darren O'Rourke
Question:65. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the number of the 13,800 homes forecasted to be brought to a building energy rating of B2 as part of the Budget 2023 allocation will be delivered under the better energy warmer homes scheme, the better energy homes scheme, the community energy grant scheme and the national home energy upgrade scheme; and the average cost of bringing homes to a BER of B2 for each of the schemes that has been used to underpin the overall target B2 output of 13,800. [48840/22]
View answerDarren O'Rourke
Question:66. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the number of the 6,000 target free upgrades under the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland energy poverty scheme announced as part of the Budget 2023 allocation are forecasted to be brought to a building energy rating of B2. [48841/22]
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 57, 65 and 66 together.
The 2023 allocation compares to €244.2 million in funding in 2022 (allocation following the Supplementary Estimate in July) and equates to an increase of €93 million.
This overall allocation is the highest ever and means that the Warmer Homes Scheme, National Home Energy Upgrade Scheme, Better Energy Homes, Community Energy Grant Scheme and the Solar PV Scheme and Microgen will each have record budget allocations for 2023 to support homes, businesses, and community organisations including approved housing bodies, helping to protect them against energy cost increases into the future, while also reducing our emissions.
This investment will deliver over 37,000 home energy upgrades including over 13,800 homes to a Building Energy Rating (BER) of B2 and 6,000 free upgrades under the SEAI energy poverty scheme.
In recent years, strong partnerships have been developed between the Approved Housing Bodies and the One Stop Shops under the National Home Energy Upgrade Scheme as well as with the Project Co-ordinators under the Community Energy Grant Scheme. I am confident that these partnerships will be maintained and further developed in 2023.
The delivery of the residential and community energy efficiency schemes will be considered as part of the SEAI business planning process for 2023 which will finalised before the end of this year.