Joe McHugh (Donegal North East, Fine Gael)
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Question 246: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the position regarding the greenhouse home energy scheme on a county basis; the amount of money spent out of the budget of €100 million; the number of households that have availed of the scheme on a category basis (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28655/10]

Eamon Ryan (Dublin South, Green Party)
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There is no scheme called the greenhouse home energy scheme but rather two separate schemes – the Home Energy Saving (HES) Scheme and the Greener Homes Scheme (GHS). Both are administered by the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI).

The HES Scheme, which has a capital budget allocation of €24.3 million this year, provides grant assistance to homeowners for retrofit energy efficiency measures such as attic and wall insulation, very high efficiency boilers, heating controls and Building Energy Rating (BER) assessments. In addition, a further €46 million has been allocated to a national retrofit programme, with a substantial portion assigned to the HES Scheme. Since the HES Scheme launched in March 2009, grants totalling €35 million have been paid to homeowners across the country. Some 40,000 homes have benefited from 75,000 measures under the scheme to date. Table 1 details the measures by category. Table 2 shows the number of grants paid per County. Table 1: Number of HES measures on category basis

Table 2: No. of HES grants paid per County

The GHS provides support to homeowners to invest in a range of domestic renewable energy heating technologies including solar panels, biomass boilers and stoves, gasification boilers and heat pumps. Table 3 provides the relevant details for the scheme.

Table 3: GHS measures per County