Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 24 March 2022
Public Accounts Committee
Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland: Financial Statements 2020
9:30 am
Brian Stanley (Laois-Offaly, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source
Okay. I will return to retrofitting for a moment, and the warmer homes scheme and value for money. You outlined that 50% for the warmer homes scheme comes from the EU. This is the scheme for people who are on the fuel allowance. That has been expanded a little, which is welcome. There are many homes in the State that still have single glazing. In general, they are the poorest households. They are the least energy-efficient or have the highest inefficiency. They are still, perhaps, burning coal or solid fuel of some type. I know single glazing was part of the pilot scheme the Department ran - I forget the name of it but it was warmer home, better health or something like that - in part of Dublin. In the current warmer homes scheme, can one replace single glazed windows?
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