79. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the steps he is taking to ensure the 2026 to 2030 retrofitting and heat pump targets are reached; if he anticipates capital allocation for 2026 will be sufficient; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60267/25]
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175. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to provide a breakdown of the annual uplift in the funding allocated to retrofitting under the National Development Plan in the years 2020 to 2030, in tabular form. [55773/25]
176. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 84 of 13 February 2025 (details supplied), and the NDP review, if the allocations remain the same for retrofitting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55768/25]
194. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the reason capital allocation for retrofitting differs from that which was outlined in the 2022 retrofitting plan (details supplied); the reasons for the decrease; if the planned allocations for retrofitting as outlined in the plan between 2027 and 2030 have also been scrapped; if he will provide a breakdown of the new planned capital allo…
205. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to provide a detailed breakdown of installation of solar PV as part of the warmer homes scheme; the number of homes installed with solar PV as part of the warmer homes scheme, broken down by county, the average cost, their pre and post-BER and the average KwH installed in each of the years 2020 to 2025, in tabular form. [55344/25]
207. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to provide a breakdown of the average time spent on a waiting list as part of the warmer home scheme, broken down by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55346/25]
69. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he is aware of the report recently published by the National Oversight and Audit Commission which warned that the Government is unlikely to meet its targets to retrofit more than 36,000 houses; the measures he will take to address this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53722/25]
149. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to provide updated figures on the homes retrofitted to B2 or above, by year to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49051/25]
165. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment his reasoning for not including floor insultation in the better energy warmer homes scheme (details supplied); if he has any plans to include it going forward; the supports if any available to those who wish to install underfloor insultation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46360/25]
1142. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Parliamentary Question of 16 July 2025, the number of social homes retrofitted to date; the average cost to retrofit to a b2 BER rating or higher; the proportion that have been retrofitted to a BER b2 rating or higher only (details supplied); the average pre and post BER of a retrofitted social home in each of the years 2020…
1143. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the breakdown of the pre and post BER rating of social homes retrofitted in each of the years 2020 to 2025 to date in tabular form. [45082/25]
185. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 10 and 11 of 16 July 2025, to report on the 80 homes across two area based projects that have been contacted under the scheme; to outline where these projects are located and the reasons they were chosen; to outline the criteria for selection; to provide a project timeline for completion; to provide a…
186. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 11 of 16 July 2025, when the public consultation on the draft heat policy statement will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41750/25]
4. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to provide a breakdown of the average waiting time for the warmer homes scheme, by county, in each of the years 2020 to 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [39888/25]
5. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the number of solid fuel homes retrofitted as part of the Government’s retrofitting programme, by county and scheme, in each of the years 2020 to 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [39889/25]
6. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the average cost to retrofit a home, by scheme, in each of the years 2020 to 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [39890/25]
7. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the number of homes retrofitted as part of the Government’s retrofitting programme, by county, in each of the years 2020 to 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [39891/25]
8. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the number of homes retrofitted as part of the Government’s retrofitting programme to a BER standard of B2 or higher in each of the years 2020 to 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; the proportion of which this is over the 2030 target; and the proportion of these that were retrofitted under the warmer homes scheme. [39892/25]
9. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the number of homes retrofitted with a heat pump as of the Government’s retrofitting programme to a BER standard of B2 or higher, by scheme, in each of the years 2020 to 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [39893/25]
10. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment for an updates on the efforts to date to “support group retrofitting projects” as outlined in the Programme for Government; the number of homes to date that have been retrofitted as part of “group retrofitting projects”; the motivation for this policy measure; and the learnings derived to date. [39894/25]
11. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the progress to date on the commitment in the Programme for Government to “Build on the pilot schemes and develop a mechanism to allow private homes in social housing estates to opt into retrofitting projects at an adjusted cost, creating a fair opportunity for all residents”; and to report on said pilot schemes, including when they began, …
12. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the number of households that have accessed the home energy upgrade loan scheme, by local authority and by county; the average award of each loan to date; the number of homes retrofitted using the home energy upgrade loan scheme; and their pre- and post-BER ratings, in each of the years since first it was introduced. [39898/25]
13. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment for an update on the commitment in the Programme for Government to “Consider the use of sustainable biofuels to reduce emissions from existing home boilers where deep retrofits are not possible in the short term”; to report on the progress on this; and the conclusions that have been drawn to date. [39899/25]
138. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of social homes retrofitted to date; the average cost to retrofit to a b2 BER rating or higher; the proportion that have been retrofitted to a BER b2 rating or higher; the average pre and post BER of a retrofitted social home in each of the years 2020 to date, in tabular form. [39946/25]
139. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of social homes have been fitted with solar PV in each of the years 2020 to date; the average pre and post BER; the average cost; the average KwH installed, from 2020 to date in 2025, by local authority, in tabular form. [39947/25]