John Curran (Dublin Mid West, Fianna Fail)
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576. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of houses in the housing stock of each local authority that have benefitted from energy efficiency retrofits; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15287/19]

Eoghan Murphy (Dublin Bay South, Fine Gael)
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The Energy Efficiency/Retrofitting Programme was launched in 2013 to improve the insulation standards and overall energy performance of local authority social housing stock. Phase 1 of the programme provided funding targeted at the less intrusive cavity wall/attic insulation, while Phase 2 focuses on the fabric upgrade works to dwellings with solid/hollow block wall construction and includes the provision of heating upgrades.

Since the programme commenced, over 68,000 social homes have been insulation retrofitted, with a total exchequer spend of €128 million under the scheme. The following is a breakdown by local authority, of the number of social homes insulation retrofitted under the scheme between 2013 and 2018: