John Gormley (Dublin South East, Green Party)

I detailed at that stage that the measures leading to additional savings referred to additional savings by the emissions trading sector, following the Commission's decision on Ireland's national allocation plan in July of this year, which were included in the draft energy efficiency action plan published by my colleague, the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources, Deputy Eamon Ryan. These measures included funding for an initial pilot programme to encourage the owners of older housing stock to upgrade the energy performance of their homes, SEI support for new and retrofit public sector building initiatives, SEI support for small businesses through its energy management schemes and the Dundalk sustainable energy zone, and additional funding for a further phase of the highly successful greener homes scheme. The new phase of that scheme which was launched in October will promote a new range of additional renewable technologies which are ready for the market and will deliver almost double the emissions savings.

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