Jennifer Whitmore (Wicklow, Social Democrats)
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100. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide updated figures on the installation of heat pumps in new homes, from 2021 to date in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32924/25]

James Browne (Wexford, Fianna Fail)
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The Energy Performance of Buildings Directive sets ambitious goals for energy efficiency and renewables in buildings by requiring Nearly Zero Energy Building or “NZEB” performance for new buildings from 31 December 2020.

All new dwellings are now A2 rated and electrical heating systems, which are mainly renewable heat pump, are installed in nearly all new dwellings.

In 2021 the BER database showed that 85% of new dwellings had installed heat pumps. This figure has increased every quarter since and CSO analysis shows that the figures were 97% in 2023 and 98% in 2024 and in Q1 2025.

The CSO database providing the breakdown of dwellings using electrical heating mainly from heat pumps is available here:

www.cso.ie/en/releasesandpublications/ep/p-dber/domesticbuildingenergyratingsquarter12025/.