Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 27 February 2024
87. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the number of SEAI home energy upgrades that have been grant supported since 2020, per county; and the amount of grant funding paid out in euro under home energy upgrades, per county, in tabular form. [8985/24]
View answerThe Climate Action Plan and National Retrofit Plan set ambitious targets to retrofit the equivalent of 500,000 homes to a Building Energy Rating (BER) of B2/cost optimal and the installation of 400,000 heat pumps in existing homes to replace older, less efficient heating systems by end-2030.
To promote and incentivise the achievement of these targets, the Government has put in place a package of supports to make it easier and more affordable for homeowners to undertake home energy upgrades, for warmer, healthier and more comfortable homes, with lower energy bills.
In recent years, demand across the SEAI residential and community energy upgrade schemes has been exceptionally high. Data from SEAI shows that in the period 2020 to end-January 2024, almost 112,000 property upgrades have been supported through the residential and community energy upgrade schemes, including the Solar PV scheme, across all counties. Almost €568 million has been provided in grant payments in the same period. A county-by-county breakdown of this data is provided for the Deputy for the years in question in the following table.
A record capital budget of €437.2 million for SEAI residential and community energy upgrade schemes has been allocated for 2024. The overall allocation will mean that the progress made last year under the National Retrofit Plan will be further built on in 2024.
A more detailed overview of the SEAI performance against annual targets on the residential and community energy efficiency schemes can be found in their recently published quarterly report, which can be found on the SEAI website at: www.seai.ie/publications/SEAI-Retrofit-Quarterly-Report-Q3-2023.pdf. The 2023 Annual Review will be published shortly by SEAI.
|
Year |
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
2023 |
2024 (to end January) |
Total |
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|
Counties |
# Property Upgrades |
Amount Funded |
# Property Upgrades |
Amount Funded |
# Property Upgrades |
Amount Funded |
# Property Upgrades |
Amount Funded |
# Property Upgrades |
Amount Funded |
# Property Upgrades |
Amount Funded |
|
Co. Carlow |
106 |
€ 344,146 |
136 |
€ 547,497 |
307 |
€ 1,745,271 |
553 |
€ 3,537,515 |
49 |
€ 219,950 |
1,151 |
€ 6,394,381 |
|
Co. Cavan |
250 |
€ 641,001 |
197 |
€ 1,035,170 |
376 |
€ 2,218,242 |
638 |
€ 3,767,433 |
60 |
€ 338,964 |
1,521 |
€ 8,000,810 |
|
Co. Clare |
264 |
€ 822,711 |
278 |
€ 1,035,937 |
621 |
€ 2,787,688 |
1,172 |
€ 4,670,992 |
130 |
€ 351,680 |
2,465 |
€ 9,669,008 |
|
Co. Cork |
2,889 |
€ 5,307,837 |
1,823 |
€ 6,667,418 |
3,160 |
€ 16,416,751 |
5,732 |
€ 28,490,301 |
329 |
€ 1,442,219 |
13,933 |
€ 58,324,526 |
|
Co. Donegal |
305 |
€ 984,845 |
445 |
€ 1,888,603 |
770 |
€ 4,721,493 |
1,594 |
€ 9,506,812 |
121 |
€ 428,508 |
3,235 |
€ 17,530,260 |
|
Co. Dublin |
5,142 |
€ 18,697,970 |
4,530 |
€ 28,802,057 |
6,349 |
€ 51,884,866 |
11,073 |
€ 84,169,245 |
875 |
€ 5,390,286 |
27,969 |
€ 188,944,424 |
|
Co. Galway |
936 |
€ 2,253,387 |
946 |
€ 2,907,112 |
1,980 |
€ 7,709,203 |
3,190 |
€ 13,356,170 |
336 |
€ 1,148,410 |
7,388 |
€ 27,374,282 |
|
Co. Kerry |
396 |
€ 1,341,816 |
481 |
€ 2,090,640 |
1,029 |
€ 5,076,532 |
1,806 |
€ 8,114,169 |
162 |
€ 659,881 |
3,874 |
€ 17,283,039 |
|
Co. Kildare |
816 |
€ 2,198,348 |
792 |
€ 3,697,407 |
1,209 |
€ 6,268,399 |
1,974 |
€ 11,605,286 |
181 |
€ 709,823 |
4,972 |
€ 24,479,263 |
|
Co. Kilkenny |
243 |
€ 981,167 |
268 |
€ 841,490 |
503 |
€ 2,300,537 |
977 |
€ 4,160,741 |
83 |
€ 384,179 |
2,074 |
€ 8,668,114 |
|
Co. Laois |
200 |
€ 572,101 |
247 |
€ 712,146 |
496 |
€ 2,309,859 |
871 |
€ 4,846,484 |
78 |
€ 211,421 |
1,892 |
€ 8,652,010 |
|
Co. Leitrim |
89 |
€ 228,109 |
105 |
€ 402,253 |
257 |
€ 1,142,390 |
433 |
€ 1,834,749 |
41 |
€ 122,134 |
925 |
€ 3,729,635 |
|
Co. Limerick |
722 |
€ 1,419,894 |
537 |
€ 1,809,006 |
983 |
€ 4,248,966 |
1,981 |
€ 8,803,113 |
140 |
€ 462,680 |
4,363 |
€ 16,743,659 |
|
Co. Longford |
97 |
€ 279,918 |
66 |
€ 375,781 |
208 |
€ 1,494,672 |
297 |
€ 1,668,023 |
19 |
€ 51,652 |
687 |
€ 3,870,046 |
|
Co. Louth |
605 |
€ 967,652 |
397 |
€ 1,260,960 |
619 |
€ 2,472,852 |
1,179 |
€ 4,696,635 |
146 |
€ 575,675 |
2,946 |
€ 9,973,775 |
|
Co. Mayo |
369 |
€ 1,376,573 |
383 |
€ 1,876,017 |
964 |
€ 4,881,575 |
1,654 |
€ 8,787,950 |
146 |
€ 634,158 |
3,516 |
€ 17,556,273 |
|
Co. Meath |
1,034 |
€ 2,338,584 |
680 |
€ 2,753,256 |
1,211 |
€ 6,609,684 |
2,138 |
€ 12,243,949 |
215 |
€ 1,025,482 |
5,278 |
€ 24,970,955 |
|
Co. Monaghan |
108 |
€ 447,200 |
120 |
€ 380,878 |
287 |
€ 1,512,829 |
504 |
€ 3,132,751 |
50 |
€ 273,220 |
1,069 |
€ 5,746,878 |
|
Co. Offaly |
304 |
€ 704,610 |
203 |
€ 923,269 |
415 |
€ 2,273,418 |
745 |
€ 4,112,825 |
57 |
€ 292,107 |
1,724 |
€ 8,306,229 |
|
Co. Roscommon |
197 |
€ 972,865 |
225 |
€ 1,066,442 |
548 |
€ 2,649,837 |
966 |
€ 4,931,627 |
67 |
€ 251,281 |
2,003 |
€ 9,872,051 |
|
Co. Sligo |
213 |
€ 880,318 |
227 |
€ 863,543 |
555 |
€ 3,521,954 |
956 |
€ 4,286,519 |
75 |
€ 215,933 |
2,026 |
€ 9,768,266 |
|
Co. Tipperary |
447 |
€ 1,894,387 |
494 |
€ 2,026,125 |
937 |
€ 4,573,386 |
1,703 |
€ 9,415,741 |
143 |
€ 588,659 |
3,724 |
€ 18,498,298 |
|
Co. Waterford |
552 |
€ 1,643,527 |
423 |
€ 2,121,868 |
770 |
€ 3,897,327 |
1,488 |
€ 7,124,498 |
104 |
€ 331,847 |
3,337 |
€ 15,119,067 |
|
Co. Westmeath |
262 |
€ 871,359 |
244 |
€ 1,287,696 |
509 |
€ 3,281,493 |
854 |
€ 4,825,047 |
60 |
€ 193,291 |
1,929 |
€ 10,458,887 |
|
Co. Wexford |
517 |
€ 1,631,271 |
605 |
€ 2,706,373 |
1,222 |
€ 5,252,841 |
1,848 |
€ 8,454,538 |
155 |
€ 536,772 |
4,347 |
€ 18,581,795 |
|
Co. Wicklow |
483 |
€ 1,916,755 |
394 |
€ 1,768,960 |
915 |
€ 5,014,969 |
1,627 |
€ 9,765,450 |
155 |
€ 911,937 |
3,574 |
€ 19,378,070 |
|
Total |
17,546 |
€ 51,718,352 |
15,246 |
€ 71,847,902 |
27,200 |
€ 156,267,031 |
47,953 |
€ 270,308,563 |
3,977 |
€ 17,752,150 |
111,922 |
€ 567,893,998 |
Note:
1. Data includes all SEAI retrofit domestic programmes
2. A small fraction of spend for Fully Funded Energy Upgrades will be paid in the subsequent year as homes are counted as completed when the first payment is made (i.e. receives first payment in December and final payment in January).
