Michael McGrath (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

We significantly increased the budget for that in 2021, as the Deputy has acknowledged. We also increased the SEAI's operational budget so it has the capacity for a major retrofitting programme which the Minister, Deputy Eamon Ryan, is very anxious to deliver, as are all of us in the Government. Any underspends on the capital side can be carried forward subject to a limit. In overall terms, the underspend was over €900 million across all the Departments and about €710 million to €720 million of that was carried forward into 2021. I do not have the precise figures for that Department with me but we can get them for the Deputy. However, based on that overall picture I envisage any overspend on the capital side was largely or substantially carried forward. I will get that detail for the Deputy. There is no such provision on the current spending side but I expect those grants constitute capital spending.