Written answers

Thursday, 8 July 2010

Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources

Energy Efficiency

10:00 pm

Photo of Paul KehoePaul Kehoe (Wexford, Fine Gael)
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Question 574: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the reason the home energy saving scheme was not mentioned in the national renewable energy action plan; does the HESS still form part of his solution for achieving the 2020 targets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31532/10]

Photo of Eamon RyanEamon Ryan (Dublin South, Green Party)
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The European Commission Decision (C(2009)5174) of 30 June 2009 established the mandatory template for National Renewable Energy Action Plans under Directive 2009/28/EC. The purpose of the template is to ensure that National Renewable Energy Plans are complete, cover all the requirements laid down in the Directive and are comparable with each other and future Member State biannual reports on the implementation of the Directive.

Ireland's draft plan follows the template required. The information required under the template relate to renewable energy and detail on energy efficiency programmes has not been elaborated in the plan.

The modelling carried out in order to complete the tables in the National Renewable Energy Action Plan does however, as required, take energy efficiency actions into account. Details on the modelling and how energy efficiency measures are incorporated into the figures are set out in the draft plan. The savings expected from the HESS scheme have been included in the model.

Ireland's National Energy Efficiency Action Plan "Maximising Ireland's Energy Efficiency 2009-2020" was submitted to the Commission last year. This is a separate plan to the National Renewable Energy Action Plan, although there are of course vitally important links between the two. The National Renewable Energy Action Plan incorporates into the modelled figures the expected energy savings arising from the National Energy Efficiency Action Plan.

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