Denise Mitchell (Dublin Bay North, Sinn Fein)
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306. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government when phase 2 of the insulation programme for Dublin city council tenants will be announced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16065/17]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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With the support of my Department, local authorities are currently undertaking an ambitious programme of insulation retrofitting on the least energy efficient social housing homes. 

The programme has two components:

-Phase 1 of the programme commenced in June 2013, with the aim of eventually ensuring that the entire social housing stock will have, as a minimum, wall insulation and attic insulation (300mm). To this end, the programme was initially targeted at the less intrusive cavity wall insulation, as well as attic insulation.

- Phase 2 of the programme will focus on the fabric upgrade works to those remaining dwellings with solid/hollow block wall construction. Two local authorities, namely Fingal and Westmeath County Councils, have completed Phase 2 pilot projects, while other local authorities including Cork & Dublin City Councils have already begun Phase 2 works.

It is proposed to roll out Phase 2 of the programme to all local authorities in 2017. It should be noted that funding of some €107 million has already been provided from 2013 to 2016 to improve energy efficiency and comfort levels in over 57,000 local authority homes.