Pa Daly
Question:206. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to provide a breakdown of the funding provided to the solar PV scheme in each of the years 2020 to 2025, in tabular form. [31615/25]
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The Microgeneration Support Scheme (MSS) was approved by Government on 21 December 2021, to support Ireland’s ambitious targets for micro-generation installations, under the Climate Action Plan. The MSS provides supports to both domestic and non-domestic applicants, in the form of grants for Solar PV installations, up to a maximum of €1,800 in 2025 for household installations. These grants are available through the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI).
The SEAI maintains data regarding the financing and functioning of the Domestic Solar PV scheme and the previous pilot scheme it replaced in 2022 and has provided the information in response to your Question. Past allocations of capital and current funding to the SEAI in respect of the Domestic Solar PV scheme are as follows:
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- |
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
2023 |
2024 |
2025 |
|
Capital |
€6,500,000 |
€11,000,000 |
€14,000,000 |
€28,770,000 |
€54,000,000 |
€69,000,000 |
Due to the success of this scheme and resultant high grant uptake levels, the initial capital allocations in 2022, 2023 and 2024 were exceeded, requiring the provision of additional funds, bringing the total grant supports provided to:
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- |
2022 |
2023 |
2024 |
|
Capital |
€ 25,200,000 |
€ 52,900,000 |
€ 64,196,245.88 |