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]
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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18. Deputy Brian Brennan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the plans in place to address the long delays in SEAI warmer homes grant processing times in the Wicklow, Wexford constituency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39952/25]
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]
217. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the number of homes funded for retrofit in 2025, by local authority under the warmer homes scheme, in tabular form. [38832/25]
154. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the number of retrofitting grant applications approved, by grant type, by county, since 2023, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38591/25]
155. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the number of homes that have been upgraded through the Better Energy Homes scheme since it began in 2009, by year and main type of upgrade, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38592/25]
156. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the number of applications that have been made to the Warmer Homes Scheme since 2018; the number that were approved, by year and by county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38593/25]
157. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the average waiting time for approval has been under the home energy upgrade scheme since it began, by quarter, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38594/25]
158. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the amount of public funding that has been allocated to home retrofit grants since 2020, by year and by grant type, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38595/25]
147. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if he will address matters concerning changes made to the warmer homes scheme that forbid the funding within the scheme of minor alterations to existing gas, oil or solid fuel heating systems to facilitate the insulation of homes (details supplied). [36728/25]
215. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the grants that are available to first-time buyers of second-hand homes and, more specifically, to provide information regarding the details of the SEAI one stop shop grant (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33941/25]
338. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the measures he is taking to ensure that public buildings comply with the energy performance of buildings directive; if he believes all public buildings will meet the 2028 deadline; to breakdown the number of public buildings that have been retrofitted to achieve this standard in each of the years 2…
310. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide an update on the housing aid for older people grant, specifically whether boiler replacements remain eligible under the scheme; and if they are no longer included, the alternative supports that are available to cover such essential upgrades. [33261/25]
12. 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 since 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32927/25]
163. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the actions his Department has considered to reduce the cost of retrofitting existing housing stock. [31869/25]
164. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if there are plans to review the warmer homes scheme to allow greater flexibility for householders. [31870/25]
168. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if an application (details supplied) for the warmer homes scheme could be prioritised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32301/25]
121. Deputy Paula Butterly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the number of home energy upgrades completed to date this year; how this compared to the same periods of the last five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30239/25]
122. Deputy Micheál Carrigy asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the number of warmer homes scheme projects undertaken to date in 2025; the way in which this compares with the past three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30263/25]
124. Deputy Micheál Carrigy asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to report on the operation of home energy upgrade loan scheme which is now more than a year in operation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30262/25]
126. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the supports available within his Department to maintain the operation of the Galway warm home hub, a project located in the Galway decarbonisation zone as part of the NetZeroCities initiative; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30336/25]
133. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment as part of the national home energy upgrade scheme one-stop shop, the number of homes in Carlow–Kilkenny that have had retrofitting works completed to date in 2025; the number of homes in Carlow–Kilkenny that are currently undergoing works; and the number of homes in Carlow–Kilkenny that are on the waiting list for works. [3011…
139. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if a breakdown can be provided, by county, on the uptake of the home energy upgrade loan scheme in its first year of operation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30064/25]
212. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the other grant schemes available, not including the SEAI grant schemes, for home energy upgrades; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29014/25]