Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 18 February 2025
164. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the number of grants issued by the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland to homeowners for attic insulation in 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [6276/25]
Amharc ar fhreagra166. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the number of grants issued by the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland to homeowners for external wall insulation, in 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [6278/25]
Amharc ar fhreagraI propose to take Questions Nos. 164 and 166 together.
A range of SEAI supports are in place 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 and emissions. These include grant supports for attic and cavity wall insulation.
In recent years, demand across the SEAI residential and community energy upgrade schemes has been very high. Figures from the SEAI show that during 2024 and January 2025, over 57,550 home energy upgrades have been supported under the residential and community energy upgrade schemes.
With regard to attic and external wall insulation measures supported, the SEAI data from the Better Energy Homes Scheme show:
• 9,215 roof/attic insulation upgrades were supported in 2024 and 595 were supported in January 2025
• 1,611 external wall insulation upgrades were supported in 2024 and 106 supported were supported in January 2025
It is important to note that additional roof/attic and external wall insulation upgrades were also supported as part of deeper retrofits (which involve multiple energy upgrade measures) under other SEAI schemes. The details of individual measures installed as part of these upgrades are not routinely reported to my Department.
This year, a record capital funding of almost €550 million has been allocated to support over 64,500 SEAI residential and community energy upgrades, including the Solar PV (photovoltaic) Scheme.
A more detailed overview on the residential and community energy efficiency schemes can be found in the SEAI Quarterly Progress Report for Quarter 3, 2024, which can be found on the SEAI website at www.seai.ie/sites/default/files/publications/seai-retrofit-quarterly-report-q3-2024.pdf. The Quarter 4, 2024 report will shortly be published by the SEAI.
