Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 19 March 2026
346. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the amount of money allocated to South Dublin County Council for retrofitting of local authority housing stock in each of the years 2024, 2025 and 2026. [21160/26]
Amharc ar fhreagraUnder the Energy Efficiency Retrofit Programme, more than 11,000 social homes have been retrofitted since the current programme was introduced in 2021. The Energy Efficiency Retrofit Programme (EERP) aims to retrofit a local authority home to a post works BER of 125KWh/m²/yr. It is expected that 36,500 local authority owned homes will be retrofitted under this programme out to 2030.
2026 sees a significant increase in funding. The programme budget has increased to €140 million this year to retrofit approximately 3,500 units, representing a €50 million increase on both 2024 and 2025. All Local Authorities were issued their 2026 Unit allocation earlier this month, with work in relation to the 2026 programme underway in this regard.
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.
The link below to my Department’s website provides an annualised breakdown in terms of total funding provided and the number of units upgraded including South Dublin for the years 2013 to 2025:
www.gov.ie/en/publication/668c1-energy-efficiency-retrofitting-programme-expenditure-output/
My Department also introduced a pilot Midlands Energy Retrofit Programme in 2020, the details of which can be found at the link below.
www.gov.ie/en/publication/b86b3-midlands-energy-retrofit-programme-expenditure-and-units/
