Written answers
Wednesday, 30 June 2010
Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
Departmental Schemes
9:00 pm
Joe McHugh (Donegal North East, Fine Gael)
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Question 246: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the position regarding the greenhouse home energy scheme on a county basis; the amount of money spent out of the budget of €100 million; the number of households that have availed of the scheme on a category basis (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28655/10]
Eamon Ryan (Dublin South, Green Party)
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There is no scheme called the greenhouse home energy scheme but rather two separate schemes – the Home Energy Saving (HES) Scheme and the Greener Homes Scheme (GHS). Both are administered by the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI).
The HES Scheme, which has a capital budget allocation of €24.3 million this year, provides grant assistance to homeowners for retrofit energy efficiency measures such as attic and wall insulation, very high efficiency boilers, heating controls and Building Energy Rating (BER) assessments. In addition, a further €46 million has been allocated to a national retrofit programme, with a substantial portion assigned to the HES Scheme. Since the HES Scheme launched in March 2009, grants totalling €35 million have been paid to homeowners across the country. Some 40,000 homes have benefited from 75,000 measures under the scheme to date. Table 1 details the measures by category. Table 2 shows the number of grants paid per County. Table 1: Number of HES measures on category basis
Technology | Grant Cost | No. of Paid Measures |
Roof Insulation | €7,182,000 | 28,727 |
Cavity | €10,530,000 | 26,324 |
Dry-Lining Insulation | €5,426,000 | 2,170 |
External Insulation | €2,860,000 | 715 |
Heating Controls Upgrade only | €1,041,000 | 2,082 |
High Efficiency Gas Boiler with Heating Controls Upgrade | €3,954,000 | 5,648 |
High Efficiency Oil Boiler with Heating Controls Upgrade | €3,302,000 | 4,717 |
BER | €1,074,000 | 5,370 |
Totals | €35,367,000 | 75,753 |
Table 2: No. of HES grants paid per County
The GHS provides support to homeowners to invest in a range of domestic renewable energy heating technologies including solar panels, biomass boilers and stoves, gasification boilers and heat pumps. Table 3 provides the relevant details for the scheme.
Table 3: GHS measures per County
County | Technology | Count of Grant Type | Sum of Grant Amount Euro |
Carlow | Biomass | 99 | €318,600 |
Heat Pump | 82 | €323,400 | |
Solar | 267 | €317,878 | |
Wood Gasification Boiler | 1 | €2,000 | |
Carlow Total | 449 | €961,878 | |
Cavan | Biomass | 184 | €592,190 |
Heat Pump | 110 | €435,200 | |
Solar | 312 | €446,458 | |
Wood Gasification Boiler | 1 | €2,000 | |
Cavan Total | 607 | €1,475,848 | |
Clare | Biomass | 292 | €788,400 |
Heat Pump | 220 | €942,370 | |
Solar | 885 | €1,329,239 | |
Wood Gasification Boiler | 5 | €10,000 | |
Clare Total | 1402 | €3,070,009 | |
Cork | Biomass | 570 | €1,885,900 |
Heat Pump | 695 | €3,081,203 | |
Solar | 2658 | €3,985,815 | |
Wood Gasification Boiler | 10 | €20,000 | |
Cork Total | 3933 | €8,972,918 | |
Donegal | Biomass | 283 | €1,047,377 |
Heat Pump | 364 | €1,582,200 | |
Solar | 516 | €698,171 | |
Wood Gasification Boiler | 9 | €18,000 | |
Donegal Total | 1172 | €3,345,748 | |
Dublin | Biomass | 225 | €688,494 |
Heat Pump | 267 | €1,225,700 | |
Solar | 1517 | €1,849,539 | |
Wood Gasification Boiler | 3 | €6,000 | |
Dublin Total | 2012 | €3,769,733 | |
Galway | Biomass | 558 | €1,510,100 |
Heat Pump | 535 | €2,268,412 | |
Solar | 1262 | €1,903,563 | |
Wood Gasification Boiler | 6 | €12,000 | |
Galway Total | 2361 | €5,694,075 | |
Kerry | Biomass | 285 | €851,400 |
Heat Pump | 390 | €1,627,800 | |
Solar | 1010 | €1,334,002 | |
Wood Gasification Boiler | 5 | €10,000 | |
Kerry Total | 1690 | €3,823,202 | |
Kildare | Biomass | 261 | €903,600 |
Heat Pump | 212 | €862,400 | |
Solar | 490 | €664,736 | |
Wood Gasification Boiler | 2 | €4,000 | |
Kildare Total | 965 | €2,434,736 | |
Kilkenny | Biomass | 210 | €723,040 |
Heat Pump | 202 | €841,300 | |
Solar | 547 | €692,363 | |
Wood Gasification Boiler | 7 | €14,000 | |
Kilkenny Total | 966 | €2,270,703 | |
Laois | Biomass | 164 | €582,700 |
Heat Pump | 96 | €346,300 | |
Solar | 190 | €234,371 | |
Wood Gasification Boiler | 6 | €12,000 | |
Laois Total | 456 | €1,175,371 | |
Leitrim | Biomass | 77 | €277,700 |
Heat Pump | 74 | €291,800 | |
Solar | 158 | €223,758 | |
Wood Gasification Boiler | 2 | €4,000 | |
Leitrim Total | 311 | €797,258 | |
Limerick | Biomass | 232 | €662,500 |
Heat Pump | 231 | €932,600 | |
Solar | 584 | €840,220 | |
Wood Gasification Boiler | 1 | €2,000 | |
Limerick Total | 1048 | €2,437,320 | |
Longford | Biomass | 76 | €260,200 |
Heat Pump | 63 | €246,200 | |
Solar | 114 | €148,443 | |
Longford Total | 253 | €654,843 | |
Louth | Biomass | 162 | €585,100 |
Heat Pump | 154 | €633,700 | |
Solar | 443 | €566,276 | |
Wood Gasification Boiler | 2 | €4,000 | |
Louth Total | 761 | €1,789,076 | |
Mayo | Biomass | 274 | €885,600 |
Heat Pump | 267 | €1,026,200 | |
Solar | 544 | €790,205 | |
Wood Gasification Boiler | 6 | €12,000 | |
Mayo Total | 1091 | €2,714,005 | |
Meath | Biomass | 348 | €1,141,400 |
Heat Pump | 250 | €1,052,574 | |
Solar | 610 | €791,350 | |
Wood Gasification Boiler | 5 | €10,000 | |
Meath Total | 1213 | €2,995,324 | |
Monaghan | Biomass | 118 | €470,900 |
Heat Pump | 138 | €568,600 | |
Solar | 442 | €655,918 | |
Wood Gasification Boiler | 7 | €14,000 | |
Monaghan Total | 705 | €1,709,418 | |
N/A | Biomass | 3 | €10,200 |
N/A Total | 3 | €10,200 | |
Offaly | Biomass | 117 | €388,800 |
Heat Pump | 211 | €767,600 | |
Solar | 219 | €299,845 | |
Wood Gasification Boiler | 4 | €8,000 | |
Offaly Total | 551 | €1,464,245 | |
Roscommon | Biomass | 134 | €449,000 |
Heat Pump | 132 | €536,800 | |
Solar | 268 | €372,456 | |
Wood Gasification Boiler | 2 | €4,000 | |
Roscommon Total | 536 | €1,362,256 | |
Sligo | Biomass | 104 | €267,700 |
Heat Pump | 169 | €707,200 | |
Solar | 227 | €329,977 | |
Wood Gasification Boiler | 3 | €6,000 | |
Sligo Total | 503 | €1,310,877 | |
Tipperary | Biomass | 215 | €730,300 |
Heat Pump | 217 | €873,700 | |
Solar | 877 | €1,294,432 | |
Wood Gasification Boiler | 2 | €4,000 | |
Tipperary Total | 1311 | €2,902,432 | |
Waterford | Biomass | 92 | €323,400 |
Heat Pump | 111 | €457,600 | |
Solar | 429 | €592,598 | |
Wood Gasification Boiler | 5 | €10,000 | |
Waterford Total | 637 | €1,383,598 | |
Westmeath | Biomass | 196 | €579,800 |
Heat Pump | 164 | €645,800 | |
Solar | 341 | €477,859 | |
Wood Gasification Boiler | 3 | €6,000 | |
Westmeath Total | 704 | €1,709,459 | |
Wexford | Biomass | 328 | €1,047,294 |
Heat Pump | 236 | €969,150 | |
Solar | 1036 | €1,394,064 | |
Wood Gasification Boiler | 2 | €4,000 | |
Wexford Total | 1602 | €3,414,508 | |
Wicklow | Biomass | 194 | €653,800 |
Heat Pump | 205 | €929,000 | |
Solar | 437 | €583,170 | |
Wood Gasification Boiler | 1 | €2,000 | |
Wicklow Total | 837 | €2,167,970 | |
Grand Total | 28079 | €65,817,010 |
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