Paul Murphy (Dublin South West, Solidarity)
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646. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if any local authorities have commissioned the construction of zero carbon homes. [47230/19]

Eoghan Murphy (Dublin Bay South, Fine Gael)
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In line with the introduction of Part L of the Building Regulations, all social homes commencing construction from 1st November 2019 are being constructed to Nearly Zero-Energy Building Regulations, subject to transition arrangements.

Nearly Zero-Energy Building (NZEB) means a dwelling that has a very high energy performance, as determined in accordance with Annex I of the EU Energy Performance of Buildings Directive Recast (EPBD Recast) 2010/31/EU of 19th May 2010. The nearly zero or very low amount of energy required should be covered to a very significant extent by energy from renewable sources, including energy from renewable sources produced on-site or nearby.  The carbon dioxide emissions and energy performance of a nearly zero energy dwelling are 70% better than that for the same dwelling constructed to 2005 performance requirements.