Eamon Ryan
Ceist:103. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the way in which he plans to meet, by 2021, the target of 45,000 deep retrofits per annum. [53167/18]
Amharc ar fhreagraTuesday, 18 December 2018
Ceisteanna (103)
Freagraí scríofa
The National Development Plan (NDP) recognises that improving our energy efficiency is central to action on climate change. The NDP ambition is to increase energy efficient renovations in homes to circa 45,000 to a Building Energy Rating of B from 2021. Currently the Government is funding just under 25,000 home energy efficiency upgrades per annum to an average BER of C.
This is a significant step change in energy performance, skills, capacity and investment and will need to be accompanied by measures that build demand, grow the supply chain and offer attractive financing. Exchequer investment of €4 billion, along with taxation and regulatory measures, are provided for under the NDP. At least this level of investment will be necessary to drive the step change in energy performance in the residential sector.
A number of actions are already underway to achieve these levels of retrofit in homes such as the Deep Retrofit Pilot scheme and the Warmth and Wellbeing scheme. These will inform a model that can make deep retrofit both attractive and available to individual homeowners on a larger scale post 2020, and critically will help Ireland move to clean renewable heating systems.
I have recently received a mandate from Government to begin the preparation of a new All of Government Plan to bring about a step change in our climate ambition over the next decade, and beyond. As this is developed I will be looking at how we can further step up our activity in the area of deep retrofit and energy efficiency in general.
Question No. 104 answered with Question No. 101.
Question No. 105 answered with Question No. 73.