Eoin Ó Broin
Ceist:166. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the projected output for each retrofit scheme for 2022, in tabular form. [17667/22]
Amharc ar fhreagraTuesday, 5 April 2022
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The Programme for Government and the Climate Action Plan set ambitious targets to retrofit 500,000 homes to a Building Energy Rating of B2 (or cost optimal equivalent), and to install 400,000 heat pumps to replace existing heating systems by 2030. The review of the National Development Plan (NDP) resulted in an unprecedented financial commitment to support achievement of the Government’s retrofit targets. A total of €8 billion of Exchequer funding (including €5 billion in carbon tax revenues) will be available to support residential upgrades to 2030.
Building further on its clear financial commitment the Government recently approved a package of significant enhancements 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.
The key measures include:
- a new National Home Energy Upgrade Scheme providing increased grant levels of up to 50% of the cost of a typical deep retrofit to a B2 BER standard (up from 30%-35% grants currently)
- One Stop Shops to offer a hassle-free, start-to-finish project management service, including access to financing, for home energy upgrades
- a significant increase in the number of free energy upgrades for those at risk of energy poverty under the Warmer Homes Scheme (400 per month – up from an average of 177 per month in 2021), and
- a special enhanced grant rate, equivalent to 80% of the typical cost, for attic and cavity wall insulation for all households, to urgently reduce energy use and cost as part of the Government’s response to current exceptionally high energy prices.
The projected SEAI output for each home retrofit scheme for 2022 is set out in the table below.
|
SEAI Grant Scheme |
Estimated Outputs 2022 |
|
Better Energy Homes |
12,150 |
|
Solar PV |
6,600 |
|
Better Energy Warmer Homes |
4,800 |
|
Warmth & Wellbeing Pilot |
300 |
|
National Retrofit Scheme OSS |
2,080 |
|
Deep Retrofit Pilot |
20 |
|
Community Energy Grant (Homes) |
990 |
|
TOTAL |
26,940 |