Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 15 June 2023

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action

Climate Action Plan 2023: Discussion (Resumed)

Photo of Kieran O'DonnellKieran O'Donnell (Limerick City, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I thank Deputy Devlin for the question. In regard to the retrofits, as he just mentioned, the Department has a target of 36,500 retrofits by 2030. We are on target for last year, 2022 and 2023. We retrofitted 2,183 in 2022 and the target is 2,400 for 2023. That is escalating to 3,500 next year, 4,000 the year after, 4,000, 4,500, 4,700, and 5,000 by 2030. That is very much on target. Last year €85 million was made available to the local authorities for it. Of the housing stock, there are 140,000 units in total. Of those, 35,000 are already at a B2 rating. They were built post-2008. It is not that they are all-----

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