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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (11 Oct 2022)

Brian Leddin: 111. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of education professionals who engaged with summer provision in 2022; if that matched the demand for places; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50030/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Retrofitting Schemes: Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (11 Oct 2022)

Brian Leddin: Apologies have been received from Deputy Alan Farrell and Senator Higgins. The purpose of today's meeting is to discuss the various retrofitting schemes available, as well as district heating, which has been raised here in the last number of weeks. On behalf of the committee, I welcome the following representatives from the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland, SEAI: Ms Margie McCarthy,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Retrofitting Schemes: Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (11 Oct 2022)

Brian Leddin: I thank Ms McCarthy for her opening statement. Do members agree to allowing exactly seven minutes for a back and forth interaction with our guests? Agreed. I will ask a few short questions before going through the list of people who wish to ask questions. The opening statement contains a strong message about labour supply. It is true that across the entire economy we have reached full...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Retrofitting Schemes: Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (11 Oct 2022)

Brian Leddin: I am going to move on to Deputy Devlin who is joining us from his office.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Retrofitting Schemes: Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (11 Oct 2022)

Brian Leddin: The Deputy is out of time, but I will bring him in later. I have to stick to the rules.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Retrofitting Schemes: Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (11 Oct 2022)

Brian Leddin: We might leave some time for the witnesses to respond. There is only a minute and a half left in the Deputy's slot.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Retrofitting Schemes: Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (11 Oct 2022)

Brian Leddin: I am mindful of time.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Retrofitting Schemes: Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (11 Oct 2022)

Brian Leddin: I have some questions. I refer to the delay in low-cost loans. We expected them in quarter 3 this year. Is the delay due to the banks or the SEAI?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Retrofitting Schemes: Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (11 Oct 2022)

Brian Leddin: I thank Dr. Byrne. Deputy O'Sullivan is not able to be here. He asked me to ask a question on his behalf. He wants to know in the case of a hypothetical old stone cottage in, I presume, west Cork, which does not have cavity walls and has a small attic and oil boiler, the measures available to retrofit that type of house besides the limited attic insulation scheme. I ask the witnesses to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Retrofitting Schemes: Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (11 Oct 2022)

Brian Leddin: Okay. I thank Mr. O'Mahony. We do not talk about windows enough when we discuss energy upgrades. Windows are where most of the heat in any home escapes. The U-value for a window in a typical older construction is about 2 W per sq. m Kelvin. Even the very best windows perform much more poorly than the best worst performing walls. Is there SEAI support for stripping out old windows and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Retrofitting Schemes: Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (11 Oct 2022)

Brian Leddin: Per unit area more heat is lost through windows. I accept Dr. Byrne's point that there are more walls and roofs than windows, which conduct heat.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Retrofitting Schemes: Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (11 Oct 2022)

Brian Leddin: The only supports are the full retrofit. There are not more piecemeal measures for windows.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Retrofitting Schemes: Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (11 Oct 2022)

Brian Leddin: In the remaining time, I want to talk about district heating. I want to give Ms McCarthy and Ms Sheehan more time because they did not have much time earlier. I am interested in the distinction between communal and district heating, on which they were clear. This is something we do not talk about. I will let Ms McCarthy and Ms Sheehan talk more about it. I am interested in the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Retrofitting Schemes: Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (11 Oct 2022)

Brian Leddin: We are out of time and I want to be fair to other members. That is very helpful, however. We will probably have time to come back to this discussion. I call Senator Boylan.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Retrofitting Schemes: Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (11 Oct 2022)

Brian Leddin: Deputy Ó Murchú is a guest of the committee. He is very welcome.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Retrofitting Schemes: Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (11 Oct 2022)

Brian Leddin: I thank Deputy Ó Murchú. He is very welcome to the committee any time. I look forward to further contributions from him in the future.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Retrofitting Schemes: Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (11 Oct 2022)

Brian Leddin: One at a time, please. If Mr. Randles is finished, I will bring in Dr. Byrne and then Mr. O'Mahony.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Retrofitting Schemes: Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (11 Oct 2022)

Brian Leddin: I thank Deputy Bruton. Deputy Whitmore is next.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Retrofitting Schemes: Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (11 Oct 2022)

Brian Leddin: I thank Deputy Whitmore. I want to jump in on the last point Ms McCarthy made. Surely energy efficiency still matters when it comes to district heating. Did I hear her incorrectly?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Retrofitting Schemes: Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (11 Oct 2022)

Brian Leddin: Yes, but the waste stream from a data centre or large heat producer will go further if the stock is more energy efficient.