Thomas Pringle (Donegal, Independent)
Link to this: Individually | In context | Oireachtas source

181. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he can suggest a solution to an issue affecting a person (details supplied) who has applied for a one-stop-shop grant from Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland but is being asked to do unnecessary works; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27243/23]

Eamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party)
Link to this: Individually | In context | Oireachtas source

The Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) operates the National Home Energy Upgrade Scheme (NHEUS) on behalf of my Department.

The NHEUS supports homeowners wishing to undertake a whole home energy upgrade to achieve a BER of at least B2 through SEAI registered One-Stop-Shops (OSSs). OSSs provide an end-to-end service for homeowners, which includes surveying; designing the upgrades; managing the grant process; helping with access to finance; engaging contractors; and quality assurance.

The Scheme offers unprecedented grant levels of approximately 50% of the cost of a typical B2 home energy upgrade with a heat pump. Homeowners, interested in getting an energy upgrade on their homes through the NHEUS, should, as an initial step, have a Home Energy Assessment carried out on their home.

A grant support of €350 is available to homeowners for the Home Energy Assessment. Homeowners then have the option to proceed on the basis of the Assessment or use that Assessment to get quotes from a number of One-Stop-Shops. SEAI recommends homeowners get a minimum of three quotes from providers.

More information on the Home Energy Assessment process can be found on the SEAI website at: www.seai.ie/grants/home-energy-grants/one-stop-shop/home-energy-assessments/.

Individual applications to the NHEUS are an operational matter for SEAI and as Minister I have no function in relation to individual applications. The homeowner can contact SEAI at any time to get further information either by email to onestopshop@seai.ie or by phone to 01-8082004. Oireachtas members can make queries on behalf of applicants by contacting the dedicated email address: oireachtas@seai.ie.