Ruairí Ó Murchú (Louth, Sinn Fein)
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115. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if the Government's retrofitting targets across private housing have been set for 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60420/25]

Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal East, Fianna Fail)
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The Government is committed to driving increased retrofitting and home energy upgrades, as part of the National Retrofit Plan and as set out in the Programme for Government. This includes the continued delivery of the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland's (SEAI) residential and community energy upgrade schemes, including delivering more B2 home energy upgrades; revising and improving the provision of grants and financing models for homeowners who wish to retrofit; enhancing energy efficiency and reducing costs; as well as supporting group retrofitting projects and area-based approaches to retrofitting.

We are delivering at scale and pace on our National Retrofit Plan. From 2019 to end September 2025, the SEAI schemes provided over €1.5 billion in support to homeowners for 228,350 home energy upgrades, including 30,600 fully-funded upgrades for households at risk of energy poverty under the Warmer Homes Scheme and 17,100 heat pump installations. In addition, the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage funded a further 14,300 Local Authority upgrades, including over 7,250 heat pumps between 2019 to 2024.

Budget 2026 announced funding of €558 million from the carbon tax for SEAI residential and community energy upgrades, including the Solar PV (photovoltaic) Scheme. This is an €89 million increase on last year’s carbon tax allocation and means that more funding than ever will be available to make homes warmer, healthier, more comfortable, and less expensive to heat. The allocation is expected to be further supplemented with additional funding, such as an allocation from the European Regional Development Fund.

Further details, including scheme allocations and targets for the number of homes to be completed in 2026, will be published as part of the Revised Estimates Volume later this year.