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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Action Plan 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Jun 2023)
Kieran O'Donnell: I thank Deputy Devlin for the question. In regard to the retrofits, as he just mentioned, the Department has a target of 36,500 retrofits by 2030. We are on target for last year, 2022 and 2023. We retrofitted 2,183 in 2022 and the target is 2,400 for 2023. That is escalating to 3,500 next year, 4,000 the year after, 4,000, 4,500, 4,700, and 5,000 by 2030. That is very much on target....
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Action Plan 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Jun 2023)
Kieran O'Donnell: Of the shallow retrofit for those built between 2013 and 2021, we have done 75,000 which is 54%. Generally, the social housing stock is on target to reach 36,500 retrofits by 2030. Speaking about the private sector and how we can reduce emissions overall, there is the reuse of existing buildings to which the Deputy made reference earlier and implementing embodied carbon requirements to new...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Action Plan 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Jun 2023)
Kieran O'Donnell: We are obviously engaging with each local authority regularly, but on the Deputy's point, if there are particular local authorities he believes are not meeting targets he should come to us in the Department and we will engage with them. What we ultimately want is consistency.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Action Plan 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Jun 2023)
Kieran O'Donnell: The best boys and girls in the class are entitled to be acknowledged as such. It is about consistency. It is an issue I bring up when I visit all the local authorities. If the Deputy has specifics he should come to us, but his point is well made.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Action Plan 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Jun 2023)
Kieran O'Donnell: I assume Senator Boylan was talking about apartments.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Action Plan 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Jun 2023)
Kieran O'Donnell: I presume that is, in many cases, due to the rules under the management companies. It is obviously something that the Senator has put a body of work into. Has she come up with a proposal on it?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Action Plan 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Jun 2023)
Kieran O'Donnell: I will go back and engage with the officials on this point. Is it a matter in respect of which Senator Boylan has got responses from the Department to date?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Action Plan 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Jun 2023)
Kieran O'Donnell: Strictly speaking, as the Senator will appreciate, within the confines of an apartment block, the management company sets the rules. Typically, people buy or rent on that basis. I will go look at it with the officials to see exactly what the situation is and come back to the Senator.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Action Plan 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Jun 2023)
Kieran O'Donnell: The question I was reflecting on is whether the solution is communal areas, as distinct from balconies, which may be perceived as unsightly or whatever. I am not even going to go into that space, but people might say so. The bottom line is that I will look at this matter for the Senator and come back to her on it.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Action Plan 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Jun 2023)
Kieran O'Donnell: It is a combination.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Action Plan 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Jun 2023)
Kieran O'Donnell: Can I just clarify that one point-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Action Plan 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Jun 2023)
Kieran O'Donnell: I want to make two very quick points on that. That was a Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications campaign. There are two Departments involved - the Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications and the Department of Justice - when it comes to multiunit apartment blocks. I have given an undertaking, and I will look at it.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Action Plan 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Jun 2023)
Kieran O'Donnell: There are technical points as well, but we have agreed to that.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Action Plan 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Jun 2023)
Kieran O'Donnell: What year was the Senator talking about?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Action Plan 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Jun 2023)
Kieran O'Donnell: Does Mr. Armstrong have a figure on that?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Action Plan 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Jun 2023)
Kieran O'Donnell: I have 2021 onwards.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Action Plan 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Jun 2023)
Kieran O'Donnell: Did the retrofitting start in 2021?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Action Plan 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Jun 2023)
Kieran O'Donnell: Deep retrofit. The retrofit in 2021 was 1,038. In 2022, it was 2,283. This year, we are projecting 2,400.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Action Plan 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Jun 2023)
Kieran O'Donnell: Yes, and will increase every year thereafter. It is expected to be 3,500 in 2024, 4,000 in 2025, 4,000 in 2026, 4,500 in 2027, 4,779 in 2028, 5,000 in 2029 and 5,000 in 2030. That is a total of 36,500 up to 2030.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Action Plan 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Jun 2023)
Kieran O'Donnell: Just before the Deputy moves on, between 2013 and 2022, the total figure for shallow rather than deep retrofits was 75,000.