Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 28 May 2024
112. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if the will report on the excellence in energy efficient design scheme; the funding available to be drawn down; how much funding was drawn down; the number of grants awarded; the average amount awarded in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23841/24]
Amharc ar fhreagraThe Excellence in Energy Efficient Design (EXEED) programme supports high impact investments, where an energy efficient design (EED) process is followed to design out energy consumption and develop high performance projects. The EXEED programme was relaunched in March 2023 to provide projects with increased support to a maximum of €3 million and an improved application process. Importantly, EXEED is a multi-annual scheme therefore funding committed in one financial year may not be paid out until the following year.
The EXEED programme was not open for applications in 2020 so figures beneath are from 2021 to date.
Details of the amounts drawn down by year are set out in the table below.
|
|
Budget (M) |
No. of Grants awarded - EXEED Stage 1 |
No. of Grants awarded - EXEED Stage 2 |
Total No. of grants awarded |
Avg. grant amount - stage 1 |
Avg. grant amount - stage 2 |
EXEED Drawn down (M) |
|
2021 |
€4.7 |
73 |
21 |
94 |
€12,291.54 |
€90,514.24 |
€3.39 |
|
2022 |
€3.0 |
47 |
9 |
56 |
€15,391.77 |
€171,065.33 |
€1.24 |
|
2023 |
€3.3 |
43 |
9 |
52 |
€11,877.80 |
€280,496.36 |
€2.01 |
|
2024 (YTD) |
€4.6 |
13 |
5 |
18 |
€16,445.38 |
€458,328.40 |
€0.50 (grant payments made to date) |
|
Total |
€15.6 |
176 |
44 |
220 |
€14,001.63 |
€250,101.08 |
€7.14 |
The €4.6m in funding for 2024 is made up of €2.6m from the Exchequer and €2m from the Energy Efficiency National Fund.
