Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 9 March 2023

Public Accounts Committee

2021 Financial Statements of the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland: Discussion

9:30 am

Dr. Ciaran Byrne:

That is not my opinion at all. I am trying to give the Deputy the facts related to the scheme.

Homeowners are not precluded. Last year, we opened the scheme to revisits. The idea behind revisits was that if you had things measured then we went back and did other things. Typically, a revisit costs more because the so-called shallower measures are done. As to why a home may or may not get windows, I do not have an answer. Specifically, on that question, I can talk to the Chair offline. A surveyor conducts a survey and a statement of needs is prepared, which is put through the process. I can outline that to the Chair.