Aengus Ó Snodaigh (Dublin South Central, Sinn Fein)
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464. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when funding will be available to carry out insulation for Dublin City Council's solid concrete wall stock. [9185/14]

Aengus Ó Snodaigh (Dublin South Central, Sinn Fein)
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465. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when funding will be available to carry out attic insulation for Dublin City Council's solid concrete wall stock. [9186/14]

Terence Flanagan (Dublin North East, Independent)
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485. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the assistance available for persons in local authority housing to insulate their homes if the local authority does not have the funding to insulate the house for them, as local authority tenants are not eligible for a grant through the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9411/14]

Jan O'Sullivan (Limerick City, Labour)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 464, 465 and 485 together.

Under my Department’s Social Housing Investment Programme for 2014, some €30 million is being provided for improving the energy performance of older local authority housing stock. The funding is part of a three year investment programme to improve energy efficiency and comfort levels in 25,000 local authority homes.

Earlier this month, I announced an initial allocation of €15 million to complete Phase 1 of the programme, which commenced in June 2013 and is focussed on providing attic/roof insulation and cavity wall insulation in all relevant properties.

In 2013, more than 13,000 homes benefitted under this energy efficiency measure compared to the initial target of 5,000. Once a local authority confirms that all houses requiring attic/roof and cavity wall insulation have been dealt with my Department will allocate funding for Phase 2 works which will include external insulation or dry lining of houses with solid wall or hollow block construction. Local authorities may also seek funding approval for the replacement of single glazed or poorly performing windows and doors under Phase 2 works.

Details of the initial allocations to local authorities for 2014 are set out in the following table: