Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 18 January 2023
99. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if there will be any scheme to accommodate homes that are rated as D1 or below on the BER scale, making them ineligible for SEAI grants that would make their homes more energy efficient; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1274/23]
View answerThe Government is committed to reducing emissions from the residential sector through retrofitting the equivalent of 500,000 homes to a Building Energy Rating B2/cost optimal level and installing 400,000 heat pumps in existing homes to replace older, less efficient heating systems by end-2030.
Last year, the Government launched a range of enhanced supports to make it easier and more affordable for homeowners to retrofit their homes. In addition to 100% funded retrofits for energy poor households, grant supports are available for those seeking to undertake deep retrofits as well as for homeowners that wish to take a step by step approach by installing individual or shallow measures.
I am not aware of any restrictions which would prevent a homeowner with a D1 BER standard home or lower BER standard from applying for an SEAI home energy efficiency upgrade. Further information on all SEAI schemes can be found at www.seai.ie.
