Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 5 March 2026
230. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the breakdown of social housing units retrofitted to date under the Energy Efficiency Retrofit Programme, broken down by local authority area and dwelling type; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17642/26]
Amharc ar fhreagraThe Energy Efficiency Retrofit Programme (EERP) aims to retrofit a local authority home to a minimum B2 BER rating. It is expected that 36,500 local authority owned homes will be retrofitted under this programme out to 2030.
Some €140 million is available under the 2026 EERP, an increase of €50 million on last year's budget. This will support the retrofit of approximately 3,500 properties. Programme parameters and individual local authority allocations will be formally notified to local authorities very shortly.
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. That said, the selection of homes for inclusion in the programme is a matter for each individual local authority and therefore details in relation to dwelling type may be available from the respective authorities on request.
An annualised breakdown of the units retrofitted, per local authority, 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/].
Full details in relation to delivery across all local authorities under the 2025 EERP will be published shortly.
