Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 10 October 2017
715. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of BER certificates issued to date in 2017; the type of dwelling related to each BER issued, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42641/17]
Amharc ar fhreagraThe Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland, SEAI, which comes under the auspices of my colleague the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment, is the statutory agency responsible for the implementation and management of the Building Energy Rating, BER, Scheme, in accordance with Ireland’s obligations under the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (Recast). In accordance with these regulations, every new building has been required to have a BER Certificate since 1 January 2007 and furthermore any existing dwelling, offered for sale or letting on or after 1 January 2009, also requires a Building Energy Rating certificate.
My Department does not collate data on BER statistics. However, information, reporting and statistics in relation to the administration of the BER scheme are available on the SEAI website at:http://www.sei.ie/resources/publications/Domestic-BER-Statistics.pdf.
Furthermore, the SEAI also provide BER statistics to the Central Statistics Office, CSO, which, in turn, publishes comprehensive quarterly bulletins which provide a detailed breakdown of BER ratings. This information is available on the CSO website at: http://www.cso.ie/en/statistics/environment/.
