Jennifer Whitmore (Wicklow, Social Democrats)
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109. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if there are plans to include those who cannot afford to pay for air source heat pumps to be included in the upcoming pilot heat loss index project for homeowners who fell into the 2.3 to 2.6 HLI category; the reasons these homeowners are not included; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35797/21]

Eamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party)
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My Department and the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) are currently developing a residential heat pump and heat loss indicator (HLI) research study which will investigate the appropriate HLI that homes should achieve prior to installing a heat pump.

As the guidelines for the research project are in development, the eligibility criteria have not been finalised. Further details will be published in the coming months.