Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 3 May 2023
51. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications further to Parliamentary Question No. 12 of 19 April 2023, the reason the total percentage(s) for the better energy warmer homes, better energy warmth and well-being, better energy homes, solar PV and national homes retrofit (on-stop shop) SEAI schemes do not add up to 100%; if there are data missing; and, if so, if the absence can be explained. [20561/23]
View answerI refer to Parliamentary Question No. 12 of 19 April 2023 (18595/23) and the data provided to the Deputy in my response.
The SEAI has advised that in their administration of the residential and community energy efficiency schemes, instances can arise whereby the post works Building Energy Rating data may not be available at the time of reporting the home as complete. This can occur for a range of reasons including when works are completed under the Warmer Homes Scheme but a BER is not yet published; quality assurance processes which require an updated BER certificate when the previous certificate was revoked following review; a number of applications which received a BER waiver due to the Covid pandemic; and a small number of administrative errors whereby payments were processed without the BER certificate.
The SEAI has provided the updated table at the link, which sets out the latest data for the various schemes and includes additional BERs received since the last response. Figures are rounded to 2 decimal places.
