Eamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

I will go back and try to check if the Senator can give me further specific details on the particular application for that sports club. My assessment from the material I am getting is that the community energy grant scheme is delivering. Two large projects have already been completed ahead of when they were expected. By mid-June, we have completed 243 homes and 68 non-domestic projects which are associated with the closing out of contracts from last year and this year. The demand for the scheme remains strong. Four contracts have been agreed to date with further projects awaiting the approval process. One of those is as the Senator says the sports club in Waterford. I presume it has not been approved yet. If the Senator can give me the specific details I will try to come back to him on that but by and large the scheme is working.

The expenditure has dramaticially increased for a lot of our retrofitting programme. The number of contractors and homes upgraded is on track. In other areas of our climate performance we need to do more and do it faster but the retrofitting sector is absolutely flying. I will check the specific details if the Senator can send them to me.