Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire (Cork South-Central, Sinn Fein)
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1204. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the breakdown of the total number of units retrofitted, by local authority area for each of the past five years. [19248/25]

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire (Cork South-Central, Sinn Fein)
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1205. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the breakdown of the total spend on retrofitting of housing units by local authority, in tabular form. [19249/25]

Eoin Ó Broin (Dublin Mid West, Sinn Fein)
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1244. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide the average cost incurred in retrofitting a standard three-bedroom local authority home. [19879/25]

James Browne (Wexford, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 1204, 1205 and 1244 together.

The Energy Efficiency Retrofit Programme (EERP) aims to retrofit a local authority home to a minimum BER of B2. It is expected that 36,500 local authority owned homes will be retrofitted under this programme out to 2030.

Each year the target number of units and funding provided under the EERP are subject to the funding availability as part of the National Development Plan and annual Estimates process. The 2025 EERP budget is providing funding support of €90 million to retrofit 2,500 properties. Local authorities have received their individual allocations and work is underway in that regard.

Under the 2024 EERP programme, my Department funded costs of up to €48,850 plus project management fees, on individual local authority homes. The programme has been devised in a way to give local authorities a level of flexibility when selecting properties to retrofit, ranging from those requiring minor levels of works to properties needing the maximum level of retrofitting required to bring them to a B2 standard. The actual cost of retrofitting works on each home will depend on its pre-works BER. Local authorities are asked to ensure that the average cost per home drawn down under the programme is circa €36,500, including project management fees. Adhering to this average will ensure that the maximum number of homes can be retrofitted within the available budget. For 2024, the average cost per property was circa €34,000.

An annualised breakdown of the units retrofitted is available on my Department's website at the following links:

www.gov.ie/en/publication/668c1-energy-efficiency-retrofitting-programme-expenditure-output/

www.gov.ie/en/publication/b86b3-midlands-energy-retrofit-programme-expenditure-and-units/

Full details in relation to delivery under the 2024 EERP will be published across all local authorities on the above links presently.