220. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment further to the flexibility introduced by SEAI in July 2026 on the heat loss indicator requirement for the one-stop shop, community energy grant and warmer homes schemes, the mechanism under consideration to extend that flexibility to the better energy homes scheme; and the timeline for its introduction. [73906/26]
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222. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment whether a homeowner may avail of the one-stop shop scheme for the installation of a heat pump without other fabric upgrades; and the minimum building energy rating or energy improvement that applies to such a project. [73909/26]
227. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if there is a retrospective element available, or being considered, in relation to the solar grant scheme for people in receipt of certain payments from the Department of Social Protection. [74333/26]
32. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment whether consideration will be given to reviewing the pre-2006 eligibility requirement under the warmer homes scheme, given that a person whose home was built in 2007 may otherwise meet the qualifying criteria but is excluded solely on the basis of the year the property was built. [70186/26]
36. Deputy William Aird asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to confirm whether that the scrappage scheme relating to old boilers not only applies to replacement with heat pumps, but also replacement with pellet and wood gasification boilers. [70487/26]
220. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment If he will outline the current wait times for works through the SEAI warmer homes scheme; and the number of applications for this scheme at present. [68851/26]
152. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the number of households receiving fuel allowance that qualify for the warmer homes schemes; the number of fuel allowance households that have been retrofitted; the current waiting list and time; and the support that exists for households just above the warmer homes scheme income/welfare eligibility criteria, in tabular form. [66299/26…
98. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the current average waiting time from application to survey under the SEAI warmer homes scheme; the measures being taken to reduce waiting times; and whether any priority arrangements exist for households experiencing significant dampness or mould. [64253/26]
100. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if he has considered a review of the eligibility criteria under the SEAI warmer homes scheme in respect of homes with a room-in-roof construction that are currently excluded from insulation measures; and the technical basis for the exclusion of such properties. [64249/26]
101. Deputy Christopher O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the extent to which the SEAI warmer homes scheme takes into account the age, degradation, and material inefficiency of existing cavity wall insulation when assessing a home’s eligibility for fully funded upgrades. [64370/26]
94. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment his plans to work on possible grant schemes or changes to the RHSS to facilitate district-communal heating schemes or move them from gas fed systems; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59682/26]
95. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment for an update on the working group on district-communal heating schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59685/26]
96. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the current grant schemes available for anaerobic digestion, AD; if enhancements to these grants are being considered; the guidelines for those considering AD, including to avoid displacement farming; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59687/26]
146. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the measures being taken to reduce waiting times for applicants to the SEAI warmer homes scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60942/26]
149. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if he will address the concerns raised in correspondence (details supplied), regarding eligibility criteria for older persons under the SEAI Warmer Homes Scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61468/26]
167. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if he will make registration on an NSAI contractors register a mandatory condition for all SEAI supported spray foam insulation works, in order to ensure that grant funded installations are carried out only by trained, competent, and audited installers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62160/26]
169. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the details of the proposed obligation rates under the renewable heat obligation scheme; the rationale for setting the initial rates at 1.5% rising to 3%; if he will consider increasing these rates to a more effective level to support meaningful emissions reduction in the heating sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. […
170. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the current status of the renewable heat obligation scheme; the reason the legislation was not published before the Dáil summer recess as previously indicated; the revised timeline for publication; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62303/26]
171. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if he will assess the potential compliance costs for the liquid fuel industry arising from the renewable heat obligation scheme; the expected impact on consumers; if he will revise the scheme to ensure that costs are proportionate to environmental benefit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62305/26]
175. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if he will consider revising the renewable heat obligation scheme to ensure that it supports the deployment of renewable liquid fuels into existing home heating systems as the fastest and most practical pathway to emissions reduction in the heating sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62312/26]
176. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the expected emissions reduction impact of the renewable heat obligation scheme at the proposed obligation rates; if his Department has modelled higher obligation rates to determine their potential effectiveness; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62311/26]
177. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if his Department has engaged with representative bodies in the renewable heating sector (details supplied) regarding the design and implementation of the renewable heat obligation scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62310/26]
179. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if he will examine the feasibility of establishing a single renewable liquid fuel obligation scheme covering all liquid fuels used in heating and transport, modelled on the renewable transport fuel obligation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62308/26]
188. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if changes will be introduced to SEAI grants to allow persons with properties which already have had heat pumps installed some years ago to reapply for these grants. [62738/26]
189. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment whether any changes to the eligibility criteria for the SEAI warmer homes scheme are under consideration as part of Budget 2027, the National Retrofit Plan or any wider review of energy poverty supports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62734/26]