Commitment
Continue the national residential retrofit programme
What this means
- The Irish government has committed to continuing and expanding a national programme to improve the energy efficiency of homes across the country.[source]
- The aim is to reduce household energy costs for ordinary people by making their homes better insulated and less wasteful of energy.[source]
- This commitment sits within the energy policy area and is the responsibility of the Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications.[source]
- Minister Darragh O'Brien is the officeholder accountable for delivering on this commitment, which was first stated on 23 January 2025.[source]
- The commitment is listed as in progress with no fixed deadline set, meaning the public should watch for updates on its delivery and scope.[source]
Direct impact (3)
- delivery owned by body
- delivery owned by officeholderDarragh O'BrienOfficeholder
- implements mandate
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
- delivery owned by officeholder → holds role: Teachta Dála2-hop via darragh-obrienDáil ÉireannBody
- delivery owned by officeholder → holds role: Minister for Transport2-hop via darragh-obrien
- delivery owned by body → holds role: Minister of State at the Department of Culture, Communications and Sport2-hop via dept-environmentCharlie McConalogueOfficeholder
- delivery owned by body → holds role: Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport2-hop via dept-environmentPatrick O'DonovanOfficeholder
- delivery owned by body → responsible for commitment2-hop via dept-environment
- delivery owned by body → responsible for commitment2-hop via dept-environment
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- delivery owned by body → responsible for commitment2-hop via dept-environmentFast-track offshore wind developmentCommitment
- delivery owned by body → responsible for commitment2-hop via dept-environment
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Status
Commitment to continue and expand the national retrofit programme to improve the energy efficiency of homes and reduce household energy costs.
Attribution & links
- Origin
- Programme For Government
- Policy area
- Energy
- Owning party
- Independent / unattributed
- Responsible body
- Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications
- Responsible officeholder
- Darragh O'Brien
- Linked mandate
- Energy security and communications policy
- First stated
- 2025-01-23
- Last reviewed
- 2026-05-21
Evidence & sources
Every status claim above is backed by a primary source — follow a link to the source-of-truth document.
Evidence
- Programme for Government 2025 - Securing Ireland's Futuregov.ie·Retrieved 2026-05-21medium
This commitment contributes to the Delivery score of Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications and Darragh O'Brien.
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