Enact legislation to accelerate district heating

What this means

• The Irish government has promised to pass new laws to speed up the rollout of district heating, a system that pipes heat from a central source to homes and buildings.[source]
• District heating is seen as a low-carbon way to heat buildings, making this commitment part of Ireland's broader climate and energy policy.[source]
• The commitment sits with the Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications, led by Minister Darragh O'Brien.[source]
• This was first stated on 23 January 2025 as part of the Programme for Government, but no deadline for delivering the legislation has been set.[source]
• Because no delivery date is set, the public and oversight bodies should watch for when a bill is introduced to hold the government to this promise.[source]

Direct impact (3)

• delivery owned by body
  Department of the Environment, Climate and CommunicationsBody
• delivery owned by officeholder
  Darragh O'BrienOfficeholder
• implements mandate
  Energy security and communications policyMandate

Indirect impact (10)

Two-hop relationships traced through the entity above. Useful for spotting downstream knock-on effects.

• delivery owned by body → owns statutory mandate2-hop via dept-environment
  Climate action and decarbonisation policyMandate
• delivery owned by officeholder → holds role: Teachta Dála2-hop via darragh-obrien
  Dáil ÉireannBody
• delivery owned by officeholder → holds role: Minister for Transport2-hop via darragh-obrien
  Department of TransportBody
• delivery owned by body → holds role: Minister of State at the Department of Culture, Communications and Sport2-hop via dept-environment
  Charlie McConalogueOfficeholder
• delivery owned by body → holds role: Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport2-hop via dept-environment
  Patrick O'DonovanOfficeholder
• delivery owned by body → responsible for commitment2-hop via dept-environment
  Reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 51% by 2030Commitment
• delivery owned by body → responsible for commitment2-hop via dept-environment
  Achieve net-zero emissions no later than 2050Commitment
• delivery owned by body → responsible for commitment2-hop via dept-environment
  Publish an annual climate action planCommitment
• delivery owned by body → responsible for commitment2-hop via dept-environment
  Fast-track offshore wind developmentCommitment
• delivery owned by body → responsible for commitment2-hop via dept-environment
  Continue the national residential retrofit programmeCommitment