Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 16 June 2026
258. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 18 of 10 June 2026, to further allocate funding to local authorities for the Community Climate Action Programme on the basis the value of the applications was double the available funding. [45860/26]
Amharc ar fhreagra259. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the amount that was allocated to each local authority under the recent 2026 Community Climate Action Programme allocations. [45861/26]
Amharc ar fhreagraI propose to take Questions Nos. 258 and 259 together.
The Community Climate Action Programme (CCAP) supports and empowers communities to shape and build low carbon, sustainable communities in a coherent way.
The latest phase of the programme is providing a total of €29.5 million to local authorities to support communities across the country in delivering locally led climate action projects.
The Community Climate Action Programme (CCAP) has given opportunities to hundreds of groups around the country to access funding that directly impacts their communities. Many positive impacts have come out of the programme including reduction of energy costs, building community structures, biodiversity enhancement, wildlife restoration and enhanced economic circularity.
The projects successful in receiving funding in the current phase of the programme was announced in May 2026, which will see funding being provided from the CAF to all local authorities to partner with community groups to run 820 projects that will contribute to national climate and energy targets.
Details on the CCAP Phase 2 funding allocated to each of the local authorities is represented in the table below.
|
Local Authority |
Allocation |
|
Carlow County Council |
€423,696.11 |
|
Cavan County Council |
€489,000.00 |
|
Clare County Council |
€649,000.00 |
|
Cork City Council |
€967,058.00 |
|
Cork County Council |
€1,394,574.92 |
|
Donegal County Council |
€793,100.00 |
|
Dublin City Council |
€2,177,296.00 |
|
Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council |
€993,011.00 |
|
Fingal County Council |
€1,303,699.85 |
|
Galway City Council |
€500,550.90 |
|
Galway County Council |
€858,575.72 |
|
Kerry County Council |
€739,226.58 |
|
Kildare County Council |
€991,941.63 |
|
Kilkenny County Council |
€577,659.00 |
|
Laois County Council |
€519,164.27 |
|
Leitrim County Council |
€343,999.00 |
|
Limerick City & County Council |
€887,575.89 |
|
Longford County Council |
€333,781.00 |
|
Louth County Council |
€651,374.78 |
|
Mayo County Council |
€678,568.33 |
|
Meath County Council |
€910,459.72 |
|
Monaghan County Council |
€437,892.90 |
|
Offaly County Council |
€501,831.35 |
|
Roscommon County Council |
€473,508.16 |
|
Sligo County Council |
€455,518.00 |
|
South Dublin County Council |
€1,202,599.87 |
|
Tipperary County Council |
€806,151.45 |
|
Waterford City and County Council |
€631,218.95 |
|
Westmeath County Council |
€542,378.89 |
|
Wexford County Council |
€746,066.50 |
|
Wicklow County Council |
€766,469.36 |
|
TOTAL |
€23,746,948.13 |
The remaining balance of the €29.5m allocation is supporting Community Climate Action Officers in each local authority.
Given, as the Deputy has noted, the demand for funding far exceeded the level originally allocated, in May I allocated an additional €2.6 million from the Climate Action Fund to the programme. Including those projects benefitting from this additional allocation, a total of 820 projects will receive support under this phase of the CCAP.
As stated previously, I am currently considering the potential for further allocations of funding to local authorities under the CCAP. Any such allocation will depend on an assessment of the impact of the CCAP as well as the level of funding available from the Climate Action Fund.
