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- Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Financial Statements of the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland: Discussion (9 Mar 2023)
Brian Stanley: There is still a substantial demand for that. We have gone from 90,000 on that scheme down to 10,000 in 2022. That is a significant drop, by any standard. I asked if there was a shift of focus away from those for lower-income households to deep retrofits for €50,000 or €60,000. Retrofits under the better energy warmer homes scheme, for homes in fuel poverty, have been shown,...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Financial Statements of the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland: Discussion (9 Mar 2023)
Brian Stanley: Do you have a figure for better energy warmer homes?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Financial Statements of the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland: Discussion (9 Mar 2023)
Brian Stanley: Just before Dr. Byrne came back in, I asked a question about Deputy Munster's question regarding deep retrofits and the waiting time for approval and the process. Was he able to get that?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Financial Statements of the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland: Discussion (9 Mar 2023)
Brian Stanley: Can that be done in the next two weeks, please?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Financial Statements of the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland: Discussion (9 Mar 2023)
Brian Stanley: Concerning waiting times for deep retrofits, what is the average waiting time? They are dealt with through the one-stop shops. What is the average waiting time? Will Dr. Byrne provide a figure?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Financial Statements of the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland: Discussion (9 Mar 2023)
Brian Stanley: Will Dr. Byrne come back and tell us how many applications have been approved and are awaiting work?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Financial Statements of the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland: Discussion (9 Mar 2023)
Brian Stanley: About 1,000.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Financial Statements of the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland: Discussion (9 Mar 2023)
Brian Stanley: In March, I think, Dr. Byrne said the waiting time between the application being received and the survey being completed was 17 months.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Financial Statements of the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland: Discussion (9 Mar 2023)
Brian Stanley: The warmer homes scheme.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Financial Statements of the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland: Discussion (9 Mar 2023)
Brian Stanley: Is it on a first come, first served basis?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Financial Statements of the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland: Discussion (9 Mar 2023)
Brian Stanley: Is that in all of the schemes?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Financial Statements of the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland: Discussion (9 Mar 2023)
Brian Stanley: Will Dr. Byrne come back to Deputy Verona Murphy's question, which I also raised, about cases where works were done and, for example, windows were not available but they are now? Can they can be facilitated under a scheme? Dr. Byrne clarified that is not precluded. Will he come back to us with a note on what is being done in relation to that? If somebody had works carried out under any of...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Financial Statements of the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland: Discussion (9 Mar 2023)
Brian Stanley: Mention was made of contractors. I understand it is difficult to get work done or completed in the construction sector now. This will obviously feed into some of the problems with the retrofitting scheme. Regarding the one-stop shops, which is basically 12 companies, has a significant effort been made to try to get in other contractors? These companies sublet the work. They bring in...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Financial Statements of the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland: Discussion (9 Mar 2023)
Brian Stanley: Is there monitoring of particular one-stop shops to ensure that a closed-shop-type situation is not arising? The situation I am thinking of is one where, for example, a company might have five or six subcontractors who are generally operating in a particular area and who may be controlling it a bit.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Financial Statements of the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland: Discussion (9 Mar 2023)
Brian Stanley: Is this something the SEAI will monitor or has it already been keeping an eye on it?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Financial Statements of the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland: Discussion (9 Mar 2023)
Brian Stanley: Regarding the work carried out by contractors, who inspects it when it is finished? I refer to the context of the one-stop shop.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Financial Statements of the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland: Discussion (9 Mar 2023)
Brian Stanley: Is this with every job or is it selected ones?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Financial Statements of the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland: Discussion (9 Mar 2023)
Brian Stanley: With the deep retrofitting scheme, it is 100%.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Financial Statements of the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland: Discussion (9 Mar 2023)
Brian Stanley: Is an energy rating check done afterwards?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Financial Statements of the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland: Discussion (9 Mar 2023)
Brian Stanley: I thank Dr. Byrne. Deputy McAuliffe has just joined us online. He has ten minutes.