Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 18 September 2024
79. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications to provide a breakdown of the budget allocations for each programme under the subhead B4 of the Revised Estimate for Public Service 2024, in tabular form. [36276/24]
View answerThe 2024 Revised Estimates Volume, published in December 2023, includes a total budget allocation of €444.348 million for Subhead B.4 - Residential/Community Retrofit Programmes. This is an increase of over 35% over the 2023 Estimate of €327,565 million. Subsequently, a Further Revised Estimates Volume (FREV) was published in May 2024 following the transfer of the marine functions to my Department, however the 2024 allocation under Subhead B.4 remained unchanged.
This Subhead provides for the grant funding and operational costs for Residential and Community Energy retrofit programmes administered through the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland.
The funding with in the Subhead is currently allocated as follows:
|
Residential/Community Retrofit Programmes |
Current€000 |
Capital€000 |
Total€000 |
|
BE Warmer Homes |
1,394 |
158,854 |
160,248 |
|
BE Warmer Homes (ERDF)* |
- |
50,000 |
50,000 |
|
BE Homes |
1,600 |
60,200 |
61,800 |
|
Solar PV |
680 |
54,000 |
54,680 |
|
BE Communities (Community Energy Grant) |
300 |
45,000 |
45,300 |
|
Deep Retrofit |
- |
500 |
500 |
|
One Stop Shop Development Scheme |
850 |
45,000 |
45,850 |
|
Solar PV (Medically Vulnerable) |
- |
16,203 |
16,203 |
|
Renewable Electricity Support Scheme - Communities |
74 |
1,543 |
1,617 |
|
BER Supports Capital |
- |
2,000 |
2,000 |
|
Community Activation Fund |
50 |
3,900 |
3,950 |
|
Retrofit Development (Energy Efficiency Obligations) |
1,150 |
- |
1,150 |
|
Demand Generation |
1,050 |
- |
1,050 |
|
Total Allocation |
7,148 |
437,200 |
444,348 |
*European Regional Development Fund
