Paul Gogarty (Dublin Mid West, Green Party)
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Question 191: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of applications for the home energy saving grants in Dublin City and County and nationally to date, including the number of applications that include the specific categories of external cavity fill wall insulation, external wall insulation and internal wall insulation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21754/09]

Eamon Ryan (Dublin South, Green Party)
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The Home Energy Saving scheme was launched at the end of March 2009 with the aim of upgrading the energy efficiency of 30,000 homes throughout Ireland by grant aiding measures for attics, walls and heating upgrades. The programme has a budget of €49 million for 2009 and is administered by Sustainable Energy Ireland (SEI).

The scheme has already proved to be very popular with several thousand applications having been received. SEI has put in place an online application system, which enables applicants who meet the qualifying conditions, to get virtually instantaneous approval for their application. Offline or postal applications are also accepted. Grants will be paid to applicants when the works have been verifiably carried out. The following table sets out the number of the applications in Dublin and outside Dublin, further broken down for wall insulation: