Sorca Clarke
Ceist:760. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the schemes available to local authority to retrofit solar panels on to existing social housing stock. [11590/26]
Amharc ar fhreagraTuesday, 17 February 2026
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Freagraí scríofa
My Department's Energy Efficiency Retrofit Programme (EERP) provides grant funding to local authorities to upgrade their social housing stock to a minimum B2 BER rating. It is expected that 36,500 local authority owned social homes will be retrofitted under this programme out to 2030.
Eligible works include attic and cavity wall insulation, or external wall insulation where required; windows and doors replacement; heat pump installation; and, ancillary and associated works. These funded measures achieve the minimum B2 BER rating. Accordingly, solar PV installation is not generally supported.
That said, in limited circumstances, for dwellings with a floor area less than 55m2 and where it is not practical to achieve a Heat Loss Indicator (HLI) specified by the SEAI guidance, the maximum HLI may be increased to 2.6 on a pilot basis with additional fabric and air tightness requirements. Where this approach is adopted, installation of at least 1kWp of solar photovoltaic micro-generators on the dwelling with the heat pump is recommended, and is funded as eligible works under the EERP.
While works supported under the EERP are kept under continuous consideration, there are no plans to expand the programme to include additional measures at this stage.