Paul McAuliffe (Dublin North West, Fianna Fail)
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280. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount allocated by his Department in 2020 and 2021 for the retrofitting of local authority housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10266/21]

Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Fianna Fail)
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The Energy Efficiency Programme for 2021 will be the first year of a newly revised ten year programme designed to help deliver on the Programme for Government commitment to retrofitting 500,000 homes by 2030 to a B2/cost optimal BER standard. It is expected that approximately 36,500 of those will be local authority owned homes.

The budget of €65 million in 2021 for the energy efficiency retrofitting of local authority owned social housing includes €20 million allocated to the pilot programme in the Midlands, which was launched in 2020. I recently announced a preliminary allocation of €35 million for 2021 under the programme; the remaining €10 million will be allocated to those local authorities who can demonstrate that they are in a position to complete additional units in 2021.

The revised 2021 programme will see local authorities move from a 'shallow' to a 'deeper retrofit' programme and will see approximately 2,400 homes being upgraded this year, including 750 homes under the Midlands Programme. This will not only benefit local authorities in assisting them in the upgrade and maintenance of their housing stock but will also directly benefit householders with an enhanced level of comfort and lower fuel costs.

A breakdown of allocations for energy retrofitting in 2020 and 2021 are outlined in the table below as requested.