Mr. William Walsh:

Our warmer homes scheme is partially funded by the ERDF but the funding is reclaimed. In 2021, we were able to reclaim 50% of our warmer homes scheme expenditure from 2014 to 2020. The Department of Public Expenditure and Reform reclaimed half of the cost of our warmer homes scheme for that six-year period. As our colleagues in the Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications outlined earlier, we have been successful in the first round of applications for funding from the ERDF to cover our fuel poor scheme for the future as well.

We are involved with drawing down European funding as an organisation and as a catalyst for others to draw down on it.