Timmy Dooley
Ceist:541. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of residential houses in each category of the BER rating system. [50959/17]
Amharc ar fhreagraWednesday, 29 November 2017
Ceisteanna (541)
Freagraí scríofa
The 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 is 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 (BER) certificate.
My Department does not collate data on BER statistics. However, information, reporting and statistics in relation to the administration of the BER scheme is available on the SEAI website at www.sei.ie/resources/publications/Domestic-BER-Statistics.pdf.
Furthermore, the SEAI also provides 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 www.cso.ie/en/statistics/environment/.