Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 15 July 2025
Select Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 16 - Tailte Éireann (Revised)
Vote 23 - An Coimisiún Toghcháin (Revised)
Vote 34 - Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Revised)
2:00 am
James Browne (Wexford, Fianna Fail)
As the Deputy alluded to, it relates to EU directive 2024/1275, which was implemented on 1 January last. People are allowed to repair an existing oil or gas boilers and replace it with a second-hand model if they can locate one. It can be replaced by a hybrid boiler, that is an oil boiler combined with a heat pump. These are not very common but apparently they do exist. Of course, there are also wall mounted electric heaters, HVO and wood pellet boilers. I agree that it can be quite slow getting some of them. We will engage with the SEAI to see if we get a situation-----
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