Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 22 February 2023

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action

Climate Action Plan 2023: Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment

Photo of Simon CoveneySimon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

There are three or four more schemes.

My Department will develop a roadmap with the Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications for the decarbonisation of commercial buildings. We are committed to doing that before the end of the year. We are in the process of working with that Department to do that. The challenge is identifying where to focus our efforts and money because you could spend many billions of euro in this space.

We must ensure that if we are spending public money in this space, we are getting the maximum return we can. I believe the overall green energy fund is €55 million. I think only approximately €5 million has been drawn down so far, but it is early days. These schemes have only been rolled out in the past year or so in some cases. It is-----

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