Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 14 October 2025
650. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide a breakdown of the pre and post BER of homes retrofitted as part of the retrofitting scheme in each of the years 2020 to 2025 to date, broken down by scheme, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55762/25]
Amharc ar fhreagraIn 2021 a new holistic approach was applied to the Local Authority Energy Efficiency Retrofit Programme (EERP). This was designed around the Programme for Government's commitment to retrofit 500,000 homes to a minimum B2 BER standard by 2030, implementation of which is led by the Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications. My Department is supporting implementation by seeking to ensure that approximately 36,500 are local authority homes. Each year the target number of units and funding provided under the EERP are subject to the funding availability as part of the annual Estimates process. The 2025 EERP budget is providing funding support of €90 million to retrofit 2,500 properties.
An annualised breakdown of the units retrofitted from the years 2013 – 2024 is available on my Department's website at the following links:
www.gov.ie/en/publication/668c1-energy-efficiency-retrofitting-programme-expenditure-output/
www.gov.ie/en/publication/b86b3-midlands-energy-retrofit-programme-expenditure-and-units/
Under this EERP programme, my Department funds costs of up to €48,850 plus project management fees, on individual local authority homes. The programme has been devised in a way to give local authorities a level of flexibility when selecting properties to retrofit, ranging from those requiring minor levels of works to properties needing the maximum level of retrofitting required to bring them to a B2 standard. The actual cost of retrofitting works on each home will depend on its pre-works BER. Local authorities are asked to ensure that the average cost per home drawn down under the programme is circa €36,500, including project management fees. Adhering to this average will ensure that the maximum number of homes can be retrofitted with the available budget. For 2024, the average cost per property was circa €34,000.
The table below details the number of units and the average cost recouped to local authorities across various pre-works BERs over the period 2021 to 2024.
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2021 |
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2022 |
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2023 |
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2024 |
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|
Pre BER Rating |
No of units |
Avg. Payable Amt. per EE BER Rating |
No of units |
2022 Avg. Payable Amt. per EE BER Rating |
No of Units |
2023 Avg. Payable Amt. per EE BER Rating |
No of Units |
2024 Avg. Payable Amt. per EE BER Rating |
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B |
16 |
€9,262 |
60 |
€15,879 |
96 |
€26,430 |
71 |
€27,506 |
|
C |
325 |
€19,777 |
666 |
€23,295 |
722 |
€27,255 |
862 |
€31,395 |
|
D |
248 |
€22,402 |
603 |
€26,832 |
666 |
€31,062 |
792 |
€33,490 |
|
E |
241 |
€23,693 |
466 |
€29,441 |
559 |
€32,945 |
534 |
€35,941 |
|
F |
100 |
€24,414 |
271 |
€28,486 |
280 |
€33,956 |
242 |
€38,745 |
|
G |
108 |
€14,699 |
217 |
€25,978 |
122 |
€34,154 |
133 |
€39,369 |
Works for 2025 remain ongoing and full details in relation to the 2025 EERP scheme will be available early 2026.
