Eoin Ó Broin (Dublin Mid West, Sinn Fein)
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187. To ask the Taoiseach if the Central Statistics Office has finalised the indicators for assessing the effectiveness of Government retrofitting schemes to reduce energy poverty. [7895/22]

Jack Chambers (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)
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The Central Statistics Office (CSO) has published various reports that provide statistical insight into energy poverty.

A Domestic Building Energy Ratings report is published every quarter. It contains a detailed analysis of Building Energy Ratings audits including an analysis of dwellings with multiple audits. The report includes tables at both county and Dublin postal district level.

A report is published annually on metered gas consumption with households distinguished as a separate category. The report includes tables at both county and Dublin postal district level.

A new annual report on metered electricity consumption was published in January 2022 with households distinguished as a separate category. The report includes a table classifying electricity consumption by usage bands. The report includes tables at both county and Dublin postal district level.

The CSO published a new report in October 2020 entitled the Census of Population from an Environment Perspective. This report matched 2011 and 2016 Census data at household level and presented detailed tables on how the type of central heating fuel varied by socio-economic characteristics. The report showed that households were more likely to change from solid fuel central heating if there was a change in the occupants. The analysis was undertaken at both county and Dublin postal district level.

The CSO published a new report in July 2021 entitled Domestic Building Energy Ratings from a Social Perspective. The report combined 2016 Census of Population data with the SEAI BER audits at household level. The report showed how BER ratings vary for different socio-economic groups such as the elderly, farm households, and lone parents. The report includes tables at both county and Dublin postal district level.

A new report examining how gas and electricity consumption vary across BER ratings will be published in 2022. This report will examine whether households with very good energy ratings use less electricity and gas than poorly insulated dwellings.

These reports complement established reports from the CSO Survey on Income and Living Conditions (SILC) and Household Budget surveys on energy poverty.