Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 27 January 2026
661. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the overall spend on social housing retrofit; and the number of units this applied to in each of the past five years respectively, in tabular form. [6325/26]
View answerA new holistic approach was adopted under the Energy Efficiency Retrofit Programme (EERP) in 2021. Led by the Department for the Environment, Climate and Communications, the Government is targeting the 'retrofit' of 500,000 homes to a minimum B2 BER Rating standard by 2030. This includes 36,500 local authority social homes supported by funding provided by my department.
EERP funding will increase from €90 million to €140 million in 2026 and is expected to support up to 3,500 social home retrofits, with the homes selected and the nature of works included in the programme a matter for each local authority. Allocations under this programme will be notified to local authorities in due course.
Details on funding recouped to local authorities and number of social homes supported through the programme up to 2024 are available on the Department's website at the following links:
https://www.gov.ie/en/publication/668c1-energy-efficiency-retrofitting-programme-expenditure-output/
https://www.gov.ie/en/publication/b86b3-midlands-energy-retrofit-programme-expenditure-and-units/
Data in respect of delivery under the 2025 programme will be published in due course.
