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
Brian Stanley (Laois-Offaly, Sinn Fein)
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In 2011, 90,000 shallow retrofits were done, which I take to mean they were done under the better energy warmer homes to alleviate fuel poverty. Many of them involved attics and walls being pumped. By 2020, that had fallen to 62,000. In 2022, it was 10,000. I accept the pent-up demand, but an estimate was given some time back of up to 500,000 homes still needing some level of basic retrofit. Has the SEAI shifted its focus away from shallow retrofits, which have been shown to save up to 30% and reduce energy loss by 30% or more? Has the SEAI shifted its focus from that to other schemes, which are more expensive?