Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 11 October 2022

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action

Retrofitting Schemes: Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland

Dr. Ciaran Byrne:

Yes, absolutely. Again, I do not have exact details but I understand there are somewhere in the region of 3,200 national schools and not quite as many secondary schools. We are talking about a significant number of buildings. Ultimately, we are leaning into a solar energy sector which, as my colleague, Mr. O'Mahony, said, is scaling up. When we launched the original domestic solar grants in 2012 or 2013 there were only seven or eight providers. We have about 130 solar providers at the moment and we would want to see a significant scaling up of that sector, which we are seeing at the present time. Obviously, additional resources would be required.

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