Eoin Ó Broin
Question:204. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will provide a breakdown of the average cost of a retrofit under each SEAI retrofitting scheme. [27720/23]
View answerTuesday, 13 June 2023
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My Department funds a number of grant schemes, administered by the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) to support homeowners to improve the energy efficiency of their properties: individual energy upgrade grants for step-by-step retrofits; One Stop Shops for an end to end service; Community Energy scheme for aggregation; and fully funded upgrades for qualifying households.
The cost of a retrofit/home energy upgrade depends on a range of factors including the size and type of home as well as the age and starting condition of the property and the retrofitting works required or recommended. Depending on the scheme the retrofit can consist of a single energy efficiency measure, multiple measures or a whole home upgrade to B2 and the costs will vary accordingly.
It should be noted that under the Better Energy Homes, Solar PV, One Stop Shop and Communities schemes the works costs set out in the table below are based on declarations from the homeowners and contractors. The costs can vary depending on the factors outlined above. Additionally, homeowners may carry out non-grant aided/non energy related works as part of the same upgrade. Therefore the costs set out below may be in excess of the costs relating to the retrofit works only. The amounts paid out per grant-aided measure by SEAI are fixed irrespective of the costs declared.
In relation to the Warmer Homes scheme, the energy upgrade works are fully Exchequer funded and the costs set out in the table below reflect the total paid by the Exchequer.
Average of Works cost in each of the SEAI schemes
|
- |
Better Energy Homes |
One Stop Shop |
Solar PV |
Warmer Homes Scheme |
Community Energy Grants |
|
2022 |
€7,142 |
€33,959 |
€11,407 |
€19,476 |
€32,814 |
|
2023* |
€6,753 |
€38,752 |
€12,056 |
€24,114 |
€39,227 |
* Data until May 2023