Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 17 January 2024

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection

Energy Poverty: Discussion

Dr. Ciaran Byrne:

Not as an individual measure, no. The technical reason for that is that they are energy-efficiency schemes. Under the one-stop shop, the windows and doors form part of the overall fabric of the energy upgrade of the home. On the individual measures scheme, replacing windows and doors in isolation is not the most efficient way to develop one's home. Wall insulation and things like that would be a more efficient way of doing it.