Energy Conservation
Dail Éireann — 2022-12-15
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Darren O'Rourke (SF), Meath East

I ask the Minister to have a clear line of sight on who applies for the grants and who is getting the work done. We have seen in other schemes where many of the 500,000 B2-rated premises are the relatively warm homes of relatively wealthy people who can afford solar. They get solar PV installed, it takes the building up to a B2 rating and one of the 500,000 target premises is met. We need to look at those who are living in energy poverty or at risk of energy poverty and ask how many of them are getting solar PV. If aggregation is the solution well and good. Will the Minister keep a clear eye on where the works are being done?
The Minister mentioned private wires as a key enabler. This is something on which there is agreement across the political spectrum. Like a number of things, it seems to be taking far longer than it should. When will legislation or regulation be introduced to address this?

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Sitting date: 2022-12-15