Darren O'Rourke (Meath East, Sinn Fein)
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286. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the estimated cost of increasing the social housing retrofitting over a five-year period, rising incrementally between 20% in year 1, by 30% in year 2, by 50% in year 3, by 75% in year 4 and by 100% in year 5, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23865/24]

Darren O'Rourke (Meath East, Sinn Fein)
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287. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the estimated cost of increasing the social housing retrofitting budget by 50%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23866/24]

Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 286 and 287 together.

The Energy Efficiency Retrofit Programme (EERP) aims to retrofit a local authority home to a BER of B2/Cost Optimal Equivalent. It is expected that 36,500 local authority owned homes will be retrofitted under this programme out to 2030. €90m is available to the programme this year and the table below indicates the increase in funding required based on the percentage increase.