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- 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.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Action Plan 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Jun 2023)
Kieran O'Donnell: I have the breakdown for each local authority for 2022. in 2022, the total for Louth was 164.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Action Plan 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Jun 2023)
Kieran O'Donnell: It is based on performance and total stock. If one looks at the figure for Louth of 164, that is based on its overall stock.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Action Plan 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Jun 2023)
Kieran O'Donnell: If the Deputy wants, we can share the data for 2023.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Action Plan 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Jun 2023)
Kieran O'Donnell: The Senator will appreciate that is a Department of Finance issue. I have no doubt the Senator has already raised it with the Department but if he has not done so, I suggest that he raises it forthwith. Obviously, the Department of Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage is responsible for planning. However, tax is an issue for the Department of Finance. The latter preserves...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Action Plan 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Jun 2023)
Kieran O'Donnell: That is an oxymoron.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Action Plan 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Jun 2023)
Kieran O'Donnell: As the Senator will be aware, the latest round of funding under the URDF, is very much in keeping with Housing for All and the times we live in. There is a crisis in housing, so urban regeneration serves an important purpose by bringing derelict and vacant units back into use. We expect that the local authorities will use the URDF to purchase old buildings, do them up and sell them on in...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Action Plan 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Jun 2023)
Kieran O'Donnell: Yes, and the URDF is very much based around large centres of population. The aim of the fund is to put the necessary infrastructure in place. If we rebuild town centres then we can reduce the need for people to use private transport. The whole concept of the 15-minute city is relevant here. My vision is that in when we look back in ten years' time at all main centres of population, we...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Action Plan 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Jun 2023)
Kieran O'Donnell: A key feature of the latest round of funding is a focus on dereliction and bring housing back into use. We want that to be kickstarted for the local authorities and to set up dedicated units and have a revolving fund. They are doing this with a variation of the URDF but with funds generated by their own activities. The State is to step in and it is critical that works. We want all of the...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Action Plan 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Jun 2023)
Kieran O'Donnell: We are in the early stages of the national planning framework review. Key to that will be to link down along in terms of the hierarchy to the climate action plan. As the Chair is aware, the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications, Deputy Ryan, has just written to the local authorities asking them to complete their own climate action plans. They are legally required to do...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Action Plan 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Jun 2023)
Kieran O'Donnell: No. I have not seen the guidelines issued by the Minister. They have just been issued. We will need to see what is in the guidelines from the Minister, Deputy Ryan.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Action Plan 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Jun 2023)
Kieran O'Donnell: It is simple. What instructions has the Minister given to the local authorities? We are in the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage. Local authorities fall within our remit. However, the policy side is coming from the Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications. The Minister has issued that. It came directly from him. I take the point, and it is something...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Action Plan 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Jun 2023)
Kieran O'Donnell: Yes.