Richard Bruton (Dublin Bay North, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Programme F deals with resource management, waste management and the circular economy. The big item here involves funding of €36.9 million for the Environmental Protection Agency. There is also a significant allocation for the remediation of landfill sites.

The other major item is the climate action fund. Members will see that €15 million is scheduled to be drawn down from the climate action fund this year. That reflects the first allocation we made from the fund. Significant elements in that were the public lighting initiative that operates in virtually every county in the country. A gas injection scheme looks at anaerobic digestion converted to methane. The other significant one was the ESB roll out of the electric charging network. That was the first allocation. The total allocation was €78 million but it is leveraging €300 million in terms of its overall impact. This fund came from the Project Ireland 2040, our ten-year plan. There is a €500 million fund to stimulate innovation in the climate action area. It has had its first allocation.

I draw members' attention to the €3 million allocated to anti-dumping initiatives. We have an active call out at the moment for communities to come forward. We hope 300 community projects can be supported under that.