Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 9 November 2023
Public Accounts Committee
Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications
Financial Statements 2022: Sustainability Energy Authority of Ireland
2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 8: Performance of Certain Residential Retrofit Schemes
9:30 am
Dr. Ciaran Byrne:
On the affordability piece, we really increased the rate of grant for the cavity and wall measures. It was up 80% last year, and we have seen a continued rise in the uptake of those two measures, which make a difference with regard to energy performance of a home, and are very affordable. We have been looking at that with the schemes, and we made those changes last year.