Ossian Smyth (Dún Laoghaire, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

A community heat system such as this provides heating and hot water for an entire development, typically an apartment block or an apartment complex. It means there is one component to be switched out so that all of those apartments can be decarbonised. The reality is that this is a great opportunity. It is much easier to switch out one large heating system than to go into 100 boilers where every apartment has its own heating system. I feel it should be targeted. I have not yet seen the draft of the SEAI report and I am looking forward to doing so. It will provide a choice of options for various types of renewable energy heating that could be put in place. It is such that it will provide good value for money for a switch. It will be liable for Government support in the same way that individual systems are liable for support. I will work with the SEAI to develop a scheme to support the replacement of these communal heating systems running on fossil fuel with new systems that run on renewable energy.

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