Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 7 October 2025
32. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the number of businesses that have received support under the business energy upgrades scheme; the value of that support, by county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53217/25]
View answerThe Business Energy Upgrades Scheme is funded by my Department and administered by the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) as part of a suite of business supports. In 2024 alone, the SEAI Business Supports provided grants of over €40 million to over 3,000 businesses significantly supporting energy cost reduction, competitiveness, and emissions reductions.
The Business Energy Upgrades Scheme was opened for applications in November 2024, and offers businesses access to rapid approval grant funding for a range of retrofit measures for buildings such as hotels, offices, retail and restaurants. There has been strong activity on the application portal with a large volume of draft applications (over 550) as people review the potential options. Typically, some time is required by the commercial sector to prepare the necessary details before submitting the application. 167 applications have been approved with a combined total in offers of €2.99 million supporting a total of 304 measures. All 9 measures available are represented within this package of applications which is a good initial indicator of the public’s interest in the overall suite of technologies provided.
A county breakdown, with number of businesses per county, is in the table at the link below.
The Business Energy Upgrades Scheme is critical to supporting a higher rate of commercial building retrofit and is expected to double the number of commercial building retrofits and heat pumps supported from 2024 to 2025.
