Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 17 December 2025
91. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to provide a break of total capital and current funding allocated to the solar PV scheme under subhead b4 of the Revised Estimate in each of the years 2020 to 2025, in tabular form; and to provide a breakdown of the allocation under this scheme dedicated to domestic and non-domestic solar PV respectively. [73008/25]
View answerThe 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 information in response to the Question. Past allocations of capital and current funding to the SEAI in respect of the Domestic Solar PV Scheme are set out in Table 1.
Due to the success of this scheme and resultant high grant uptake levels, the initial capital allocations in 2020, 2022, 2023 and 2024 were exceeded, requiring the provision of additional funds, bringing the total grant supports provided to the levels set out in Table 2.
The Non-Domestic Microgeneration Scheme has not been funded from Subhead B4, but has been financed via multi-annual funding streams, including a transfer of funds from the Temporary Business Energy Support Scheme, as well as through the Energy Efficiency National Fund. Capital spend to date amounts to circa €15 million.
Table 1
|
- |
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
2023 |
2024 |
2025 |
|
Capital |
€6,500,000 |
€11,000,000 |
€14,000,000 |
€28,770,000 |
€54,000,000 |
€65,000,000 |
|
Current |
€200,000 |
€500,000 |
€680,000 |
€630,000 |
€680,000 |
€1,500,000 |
Table 2
|
|
2020 |
2022 |
2023 |
2024 |
|
Capital expenditure |
€ 7,600,000 |
€ 25,200,000 |
€ 52,900,000 |
€ 64,196,245.88 |
