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Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Financial Statements of the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland: Discussion (9 Mar 2023)

Alan Dillon: On stages 1 and 2, what is the timeline for attracting more one-stop-shops or contractors to the programme? I ask because there is a pumped up demand for delivery.

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Financial Statements of the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland: Discussion (9 Mar 2023)

Alan Dillon: On the individual grants for the better energy, warmer homes scheme and the solar PV schemes, there is an eight-month period for the completion of works. Why is that eight months? Why is it in place in respect of individuals to get this work done? There is a constraint around labour at the minute.

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Financial Statements of the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland: Discussion (9 Mar 2023)

Alan Dillon: There is also a 12-month period for the national energy home upgrades and the community energy grant scheme. Is there a reason there is a 12-month completion period for those schemes?

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Financial Statements of the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland: Discussion (9 Mar 2023)

Alan Dillon: Why is there not a similar time period for the warmer homes scheme? The average cycle time at the minute is 26 months.

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Financial Statements of the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland: Discussion (9 Mar 2023)

Alan Dillon: You are changing the rules to suit yourselves.

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Financial Statements of the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland: Discussion (9 Mar 2023)

Alan Dillon: Was there a timeline originally for the time from the start of the application to completion?

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Financial Statements of the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland: Discussion (9 Mar 2023)

Alan Dillon: What are the key performance indicators, KPIs?

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Financial Statements of the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland: Discussion (9 Mar 2023)

Alan Dillon: I mean the time period for delivery.

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Financial Statements of the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland: Discussion (9 Mar 2023)

Alan Dillon: I am sure the SEAI has to devise some sort of period of time for a completion of an application.

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Financial Statements of the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland: Discussion (9 Mar 2023)

Alan Dillon: If we take one application from start to finish, what is the period within which the SEAI would like to see an application being completed?

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Financial Statements of the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland: Discussion (9 Mar 2023)

Alan Dillon: Again, if you are not tracking it as a KPI-----

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Financial Statements of the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland: Discussion (9 Mar 2023)

Alan Dillon: ----it will still be 26 months next time the SEAI comes before the Committee of Public Accounts.

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Financial Statements of the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland: Discussion (9 Mar 2023)

Alan Dillon: That is something not to be proud of, to say that is coming down by two months and it is still 26 months.

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Financial Statements of the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland: Discussion (9 Mar 2023)

Alan Dillon: I understand.

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Financial Statements of the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland: Discussion (9 Mar 2023)

Alan Dillon: My time is limited. I want to move on.

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Financial Statements of the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland: Discussion (9 Mar 2023)

Alan Dillon: On the home chargers for electric vehicles, EVs, what was the expenditure on grant-aided home chargers within the appropriation accounts? Some 8,379 home chargers were grant-aided under the programme in 2021.

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Financial Statements of the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland: Discussion (9 Mar 2023)

Alan Dillon: How many chargers were grant-aided to management companies, multi-unit developments, apartment blocks or their equivalents?

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Financial Statements of the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland: Discussion (9 Mar 2023)

Alan Dillon: Okay. In 2022, how many to date have been allocated?

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Financial Statements of the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland: Discussion (9 Mar 2023)

Alan Dillon: How many chargers on average would be included within a multi-unit application?

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Financial Statements of the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland: Discussion (9 Mar 2023)

Alan Dillon: Does Mr. Meally foresee a ramping up in this area in the coming years?