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]
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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295 written, 7 oral
75
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| January 2025 | 2 |
| February 2025 | 22 |
| March 2025 | 10 |
| April 2025 | 26 |
| May 2025 | 14 |
| June 2025 | 17 |
| July 2025 | 33 |
| August 2025 | 0 |
| September 2025 | 27 |
| October 2025 | 8 |
| November 2025 | 40 |
| December 2025 | 44 |
| January 2026 | 7 |
| February 2026 | 4 |
| March 2026 | 3 |
| April 2026 | 10 |
| May 2026 | 6 |
| June 2026 | 11 |
| July 2026 | 7 |
| August 2026 | 0 |
| September 2026 | 9 |
| October 2026 | 2 |
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211. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the number of approvals for and drawdowns of the home energy upgrade scheme loan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51725/25]
215. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if he will review correspondence (details supplied); if he will address the concerns raised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51510/25]
115. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment for an update on the warmer homes scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50882/25]
119. Deputy Frankie Feighan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if he is aware of the waiting times for applications under the SEAI warmer homes scheme (details supplied); and his views on whether these delays are acceptable. [49718/25]
128. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if he is aware of the long waiting time for BER assessments in County Clare; and the steps his Department is taking to address the same. [50281/25]
94. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the percentage of grant applications to SEAI that are withdrawn. [49212/25]
99. Deputy Séamus McGrath asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the number of applications currently in place for the warmer homes scheme; the number of applications processed in 2022, 2023 and 2024; the average waiting period from the date of application to getting the works carried out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49111/25]
135. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the progress that has been made to date in 2025 towards reaching the Government’s retrofitting targets across housing, to include public and private housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48909/25]
138. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment for an update on the retrofit plan. [49211/25]
142. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment for an update on the progress of national retrofitting. [49011/25]
153. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment for a progress update on the goal of 500,000 retrofit upgrades by 2030. [48908/25]
161. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the number of businesses that have been supported through energy efficiency grants in each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32938/25]
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]
154. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the number of SEAI warmer home applicants who applied for a replacement boiler pre-January 2025, and whose applications have since been rejected. [49205/25]
155. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the number of SEAI warmer home applicants who applied for a replacement boiler pre-January 2025, and whose applications have yet to be processed. [49206/25]
156. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the reason no communication was issued to SEAI warmer home applicants who applied for a replacement boiler pre-January 2025, of the change in the scheme in January 2025. [49207/25]
157. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to set out the substitutes to replacing a boiler in a domestic home. [49208/25]
119. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the number of home energy upgrades that have been supported through SEAI retrofitting schemes in Longford and Westmeath in the past five years. [45080/25]
123. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if eligibility rules have changed for applicants for SEAI grants for homes; if so, if successful applicants previous to the change in rules can still get access to old rules; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45263/25]
156. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to provide updated figures on the homes retrofitted to B2 or above, with a year-by-year breakdown to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46053/25]
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]
178. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the percentage of the capital funding for works, under better energy warmer homes scheme, that was spent in the first seven months of 2025; and if he will provide figures for the corresponding period in 2024 and 2023, in tabular form. [46703/25]
202. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the number of households in Dublin Bay North that availed of the warmer homes scheme in 2023 and 2024, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47460/25]
204. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the external consultation that is planned in the run up to submitting a draft National Building Renovation Plan to the European Commission by 31 December 2025; and the specific arrangements that are being put in place to ensure that the voices of those most impacted by energy poverty are heard.; and if he will make a statement on …