819. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of new homes built between the start of 2021 and to date in 2026 that have heat pumps installed in them; to provide a breakdown of the number of new homes built each year with heat pumps installed between the start of 2021 and to date in 2026, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12631/26…
Topics / Energy Conservation
A subject heading for parliamentary questionsEnergy Conservation
302 questions from 75 TDs, between 22 January 2025 and 20 October 2026.
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| June 2026 | 11 |
| July 2026 | 7 |
| August 2026 | 0 |
| September 2026 | 9 |
| October 2026 | 2 |
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835. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide updated figures on the installation of heat pumps in new homes, with a year-by-year breakdown since 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13420/26]
17. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the steps he is taking to reduce waiting times for works to be carried out under the warmer homes scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4540/26]
21. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if he has engaged with a company (details supplied) in relation to its energy recovery targets for the period 2022 – 2025; if so, the nature and frequency of such engagement; whether those targets have been met to date [4637/26]
22. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the role of a company (details supplied) in supporting the decarbonations of Ireland’s climate action targets and circular economy strategy; the contribution made to date by waste-to-energy facilities in reducing fossil fuel use and greenhouse gas emissions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4638/26]
236. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if a decision to refuse an SEAI warmer homes grant to a person (details supplied) will be reviewed. [4212/26]
243. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment when the public consultation on the national building renovation plan, required to be finalised by 26 December 2026 under Article 3 of the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive, will be launched; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3516/26]
244. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the way in which the one-stop-shop model required under Article 18 of the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive 2024 will be implemented in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3517/26]
8. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment for an update on the amount the Government paid out in the various SEAI grants in 2024 and 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2714/26]
107. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if he or his Department plan to make changes to the warmer homes scheme to allow alternative sources of home heating for older homes that require extensive home energy upgrading work and whereby a heat pump might not be suitable; if he plans to extend the scheme to allow for more targeted home energy upgrades whereby following a hom…
131. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the number of homes retrofitted in 2025 under the warmer homes scheme. [71670/25]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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 through the scheme;…
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]