Darren O'Rourke (Meath East, Sinn Fein)
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73. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will report on the retrofitting of solid fuel homes; the number of solid fuel homes that were retrofitted in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024, broken down per SEAI scheme, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36270/24]

Darren O'Rourke (Meath East, Sinn Fein)
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74. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will report on the retrofitting of solid fuel homes; the number of solid fuel homes that were retrofitted with heat pumps; the number of solid fuels homes that have been retrofitted with a heat pump in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024, broken down per SEAI scheme, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36271/24]

Darren O'Rourke (Meath East, Sinn Fein)
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76. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to provide a breakdown of the pre-BER and post-BER rating of solid fuel homes retrofitted as part of the SEAI retrofitting programme, broken down by SEAI scheme in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36273/24]

Eamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 73, 74 and 76 together.

I refer to the reply to Parliamentary Questions No. Dáil ref: 135 & Dáil ref: 136 of 9 September 2024. The position remains unchanged from that set out there-in whereby the specific data sought by the Deputy is not routinely provided to my Department by SEAI. Hence, I have directed SEAI to reply directly to the Deputy with the data requested, in so far as it is available, as soon as possible.

Darren O'Rourke (Meath East, Sinn Fein)
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75. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will report on the installation of solar PV as part of the Government’s retrofitting scheme; to provide a breakdown of solar PV installed as part of the Government’s retrofitting programme in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024, broken down per SEAI scheme, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36272/24]

Eamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party)
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Solar PV panels are installed under a number of scenarios and are supported under a number of Department funded and Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) administered schemes.

Supports for Solar PV panels are available under the dedicated domestic solar PV scheme, which offers grants of up to €2,100 to all homeowners in homes built before 2021.

The Microgeneration Support Scheme (MSS), was launched in February 2022 to support up to 380 MW of new micro-generation by 2030 under the Climate Action Plan 21 and built on the success of the previous pilot version of the grant scheme. The domestic scheme has proved enormously successful since its launch, and further aided by the Government decision to apply a zero percent VAT rate for the ‘Supply and installation of solar panels, since May 2023.

SEAI continuously reviews and refines the reporting methodology and definition of key metrics to improve the accuracy and quality of insights. This may result in minor adjustments to previously reported figures.

(1) No measure level breakdown available for Community Energy Grants, Deep Retrofit, or One Stop Shop Pilot (prior to 2022).