Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 12 December 2023
160. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications how many retrofits were carried out in 2020, 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, per SEAI scheme; the post-BER ratings per SEAI scheme in 2020, 2021, 2022 and in to date 2023, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55020/23]
Amharc ar fhreagraThe National Retrofit Plan sets out the Government's approach to achieving the Climate Action Plan targets of upgrading the equivalent of 500,000 homes to a BER B2/cost-optimal and installing 400,000 heat pumps to replace older, less efficient heating systems by 2030. To promote and incentivise the achievement of these targets, last year the Government approved a package of significantly enhanced supports to make it easier and more affordable for homeowners to undertake home energy upgrades.
Following the introduction of the new measures, demand across the SEAI grant-supported schemes has been exceptionally high. The following figures from SEAI show the number of home energy upgrades since 2020:
• 2020: 17,546 home energy upgrades, of which 3,278 achieved a post works BER of B2 or better.
• 2021: 15,246 home energy upgrades, of which 4,345 achieved a post works BER of B2 or better.
• 2022: 27,199 home energy upgrades, of which 8,481 achieved a post works BER of B2 or better.
• 2023 to end November: 43,376 home energy upgrades, surpassing the full-year target figure of just over 37,000. The number of energy efficiency upgrades to a post-works BER of B2 or better at end of November stands at 15,753 versus the full-year target figure of 13,846.
A scheme level breakdown of the upgrades for the period 2020-2022 is available in the SEAI 2022 Annual Review, which can be found on the SEAI website at: SEAI-Retrofit-Annual-Report-2022.pdf. While the most Quarterly Progress Report for Quarter 3, 2023 can be found at: www.seai.ie/publications/SEAI-Retrofit-Quarterly-Report-Q3-2023.pdf
A breakdown of post-BER ratings per scheme in 2020, 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023 is not routinely supplied by the SEAI to my Department. I have directed SEAI to provide this data directly to the Deputy, in so far as it is available, as soon as possible.
