Pádraig Mac Lochlainn (Donegal, Sinn Fein)
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417.To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when air to water home heating/hot water systems will be installed in (details supplied) under his Department’s Energy Efficiency Retrofit Programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25421/24]

Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Fianna Fail)
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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.

Works eligible under my Department's revised EERP include attic/cavity wall insulation or external wall insulation where required, windows and doors replacement, heat pump installation and ancillary and associated works. The funded measures achieve the B2 or cost optimal equivalent (BER).

The selection of properties for inclusion in my Department’s Energy Efficiency Retrofit Programme, assessment of eligible works required and prioritisation of works is a matter for each individual local authority in their administration of the programme.

Waterford City and County Council has selected dwellings located in the Ballybeg area as part of their programme of work this year. More specific details in relation to the timeframe for the installation of air to water home heating/hot water systems should be available upon request from the local authority.