Energy Conservation
An official questions-paper heading. 291 questions (7 oral, 284 written), first 2025-01-22, latest 2026-07-16.
Questions under this heading, per month
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| Month | Questions |
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| Jan 2025 | 2 |
| Feb 2025 | 22 |
| Mar 2025 | 10 |
| Apr 2025 | 26 |
| May 2025 | 14 |
| Jun 2025 | 17 |
| Jul 2025 | 33 |
| Sep 2025 | 27 |
| Oct 2025 | 8 |
| Nov 2025 | 40 |
| Dec 2025 | 44 |
| Jan 2026 | 7 |
| Feb 2026 | 4 |
| Mar 2026 | 3 |
| Apr 2026 | 10 |
| May 2026 | 6 |
| Jun 2026 | 11 |
| Jul 2026 | 7 |
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| Department | Questions |
|---|---|
| Climate | 189 |
| Environment | 62 |
| Housing | 28 |
| Education | 5 |
| Enterprise | 3 |
| Transport | 2 |
| Public Expenditure | 1 |
| Further and Higher Education | 1 |
Debates under the same heading
Dáil debate sections whose official heading is exactly these words.
| Date | Debate section |
|---|---|
| 2026-02-24 | Energy Conservation |
| 2025-12-18 | Energy Conservation |
| 2025-11-06 | Energy Conservation |
| 2025-11-06 | Energy Conservation |
| 2025-09-18 | Energy Conservation |
| 2025-07-17 | Energy Conservation |
| 2025-02-20 | Energy Conservation |
The questions
Peter Roche
written
2025-12-18 · to Climate
137. Deputy Peter Roche asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to outline the current uptake of the home energy upgrade loan scheme in County Galway; and how his Department intends to expand awareness and access for homeowners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [73229/25]
Mairéad Farrell
written
2025-12-18 · to Climate
141. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if he could provide an update on the retrofitting schemes; and provide a detailed timeline of how the 2030 target of 500,000 retrofitted homes will be met; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [73222/25]
Peadar Tóibín
written
2025-12-18 · to Climate
143. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the number of homes which have been deep retrofitted in each of the past ten years, and to date in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [71619/25]
Aindrias Moynihan
written
2025-12-18 · to Climate
145. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if he will carry out a review of the home suitability criteria under the SEAI, free energy upgrades warmer homes scheme; if he will reduce the restrictive nature of criteria on type of house build to qualify for measures under this scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [73069/25]
Paul McAuliffe
written
2025-12-18 · to Climate
148. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if he or his Department plan to change the criteria for the warmer homes scheme to ensure houses that require fossil boiler replacements are eligible to apply; if there are plans to allow additional home heating options as a result of EU regulations which no longer allow for the replacement of fossil fuel boilers…
Pa Daly
written
2025-12-18 · to Climate
290. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to provide a breakdown, per county, of the number of households that have participated in the Government's retrofitting scheme broken down by programme in each of the years 2020 to 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [73656/25]
Pa Daly
written
2025-12-17 · to Climate
87. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the average cost to retrofit a home to a BER cost optimum standard under the better energy warmer homes scheme in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [73004/25]
Pa Daly
written
2025-12-17 · to Climate
88. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the average cost to retrofit a home to a BER cost optimum standard under the one stop shop scheme in the year 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [73005/25]
Pa Daly
written
2025-12-17 · to Climate
90. 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 each of the years 2020 to 2030, in tabular form. [73007/25]
Pa Daly
written
2025-12-17 · to Climate
93. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the average cost to install a heat pump, broken down by post-BER rating and by SEAI scheme in 2020 to 2025, by year, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [73010/25]
Pa Daly
written
2025-12-17 · to Climate
95. 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 broken down by county in each of the years 2020 and to date 2025, in tabular form. [73019/25]
Pa Daly
written
2025-12-17 · to Climate
96. 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 in each of the years 2020 and to date 2025, in tabular form. [73020/25]
Pa Daly
written
2025-12-17 · to Climate
97. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to provide a breakdown of the number of solid fuel homes retrofitted as part of the governments retrofitting programme broken down by scheme in each of the years 2020 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [73021/25]
Pa Daly
written
2025-12-17 · to Climate
98. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to provide a breakdown of the number of solid fuel homes retrofitted as part of the governments retrofitting programme broken down by county and scheme in each of the years 2020 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [73022/25]
Pa Daly
written
2025-12-17 · to Climate
99. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to provide a breakdown of average cost to retrofit a home broken down by scheme in each of the years 2020 to 2025, in tabular form . [73023/25]
Pa Daly
written
2025-12-17 · to Climate
100. 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 broken down by county in each of the years 2020 to 2025, in tabular form. [73024/25]
Pa Daly
written
2025-12-17 · to Climate
101. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the number of homes retrofitted as part of his Department’s retrofitting programme to a BER standard of B2 or higher in each of the years 2020 to date in 2025, tabular form; the number of homes retrofitted as part of his Department’s retrofitting programme to a BER standard of B2 or higher to date in 2025; the proportio…
Pa Daly
written
2025-12-17 · to Climate
102. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the number of homes retrofitted with a heat pump as of his Government’s retrofitting programme to a BER standard of B2 or higher in each of the years 2020 to date in 2025, broken down by scheme, in tabular form; the number of homes retrofitted as part of his Department’s retrofitting programme to a BER standard of B2 or…
Pa Daly
written
2025-12-17 · to Climate
103. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the efforts to date to “support group retrofitting projects” as outlined in the Programme For Government; the number of homes that have been retrofitted as part of “group retrofitting projects” to date in 2025; the motivation for this policy measure; and the learnings have been derived thus far. [73027/25]
Pa Daly
written
2025-12-17 · to Climate
104. 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”; to report on said pilot schemes including w…
Pa Daly
written
2025-12-17 · to Climate
105. 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; the average award of the loan to date; the number of homes that have been retrofitted using the home energy upgrade loan scheme and the pre and post BER, in each of the years since it was first introduced. [73029/25]
Pa Daly
written
2025-12-17 · to Climate
106. 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 broken down by local authority; the average award of the loan to date; the number of homes that have been retrofitted using the home energy upgrade loan scheme and the pre and post BER, in each of the years since it was first introduced. [73…
Pa Daly
written
2025-12-17 · to Climate
107. 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 broken down by county; the average award of the loan to date; the number of homes that have been retrofitted using the home energy upgrade loan scheme and the pre and post BER, in each of the years since it was first introduced. [73031/25]
Michael Cahill
written
2025-12-16 · to Climate
181. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if he will review the policy whereby the SEAI offers grants for heat pump systems to homeowners whose homes were built and occupied before 2021, with the condition that the grant is available for first-time installations only; if he will include homeowners who initially installed a heat pump system, and are not e…
Naoise Ó Cearúil
written
2025-12-16 · to Climate
182. Deputy Naoise Ó Cearúil asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the number of heat pumps installed since 2020 under the National Retrofitting Programme; the projected installation rate to 2030; and whether his Department has assessed alternative solutions for the 300,000+ rural homes unlikely to be retrofitted. [71512/25]