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Thursday, 15 December 2022

Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment

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Photo of Niamh SmythNiamh Smyth (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail)
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86. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of one-stop contractors that have been approved in counties Cavan and Monaghan and north County Meath; and the take-up by householders in the area since the scheme commenced. [62560/22]

Photo of Eamon RyanEamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party)
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Earlier this year, the Government approved a package of supports to make it easier and more affordable for homeowners to undertake home energy upgrades, for warmer, healthier and more comfortable homes, with lower energy bills and lower emissions.

The supports announced included the establishment of:

-the National Home Energy Upgrade Scheme which offers grant levels of up to 50% of the cost of a typical B2 home energy upgrade with a heat pump; and

- SEAI registered One-Stop-Shops to provide an end-to-end service for homeowners.

There are 12 One-Stop-Shops currently registered, 9 of which are National providers of services. These companies are typically large and shouldn’t be considered a ‘single contractor’. SEAI will continue to actively engage with the construction sector next year, with the aim of attracting more companies to register as One-Stop-Shops. A number of companies are already in the process of registering as one-stop-shops with SEAI.

Figures at the end of November for the National Home Energy Upgrade Scheme show over 1,500 applications for Home Energy Assessments. Most recent figures from SEAI show over 900 applications for home energy upgrade works have been submitted with applications from Counties Cavan, Monaghan and Meath making up almost 10% of these. Of the 204 homes completed and paid to date this year under the new scheme, approximately 13% are from Counties Cavan, Monaghan and Meath.

It is important to note that this is just one of the schemes available from SEAI. As of end-November, over 22,800 home energy upgrades have been supported across the SEAI retrofit schemes – a 69% increase on the same period last year.

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