Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 11 October 2023
137. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the Government target for the number of houses to be retrofitted in County Kildare; how many of that target number have been retrofitted to date; and how many are in the pipeline for retrofitting in the foreseeable future. [44468/23]
View answerIn 2021 a new holistic approach was applied to the Energy Efficient Retrofit Programme (EERP), designed around the Programme for Government's commitment led by the Department for the Environment, Climate and Communications that calls for the 'retrofit' of 500,000 homes to a B2 (BER)/Cost Optimal Equivalent standard by 2030, of which, approximately 36,500 are expected to be local authority owned homes, with grant funding provided by my Department for those local authority housing retrofits.
An annualised breakdown of the funding and number of properties completed by each local authority since 2013 is available at the following link:
gov.ie - Energy Efficiency Retrofitting Programme - Expenditure & Output (www.gov.ie)
My Department also introduced a pilot Midlands Energy Retrofit Programme in 2020-2022, the details of which are found below. A further 112 properties were retrofitted by Kildare County Council to a BER of B2/ Cost Optimal Equivalent and these figures are in addition to the National Retrofit Programme.
gov.ie - Midlands Energy Retrofit Programme - Expenditure and Units (www.gov.ie)
In 2023, my Department announced that funding of €87 million will be provided for the upgrade of approximately 2,400 social homes. Of this, Kildare County Council's target is to retrofit 86 properties with an allocation of €3,106,750 including project management fees (PMF). Kildare County Council also have an opportunity to complete 8 properties under the Midlands Retrofit Programme this year which will bring their MRP programme to completion.
Work in relation to the programmes are underway but it will be later this year before significant recoupment claims are lodged with my Department. Full details in relation to the 2023 EERP will be available early in 2024.
