Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 10 July 2019

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action

Housing and Retrofitting: Discussion

Mr. Michael Manley:

It is a fair question. CBOs have been a really important part of the framework for a long time. One of the issues which has arisen is that as we have provided support for deeper retrofits and people gravitate towards them, the CBOs do not have the capacity to carry them out. This year there has been a real upsurge in interest in deep retrofit programmes, which, in many ways, represents a success. The bottom line is that, as happens every year, the Department conducts a mid-term capital review. We look at what is going well and what is falling behind. We have been working with the SEAI to reallocate funding across the programme, but my understanding - I think Mr. Gannon may be able to elaborate on this - is that the SEAI will contact the CBOs to ensure they will be okay to year end.