Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 13 October 2022

Public Accounts Committee

2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications
2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General - Chapter 9: Implementation of the National Broadband Plan

9:30 am

Mr. Mark Griffin:

Approval was given in November 2021 to transfer €160 million from the Vote to the EENF. That was to be used for two things: first, to fund retrofit works in 2022, particularly to support those in energy poverty through the warmer homes scheme; and second, €60 million to fund the loan guarantee scheme to provide low-cost loans to local authorities.