Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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Question 487: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the amount of the €130 million promised for energy efficiency in 2010 that has been allocated to date; if he will provide a detailed breakdown of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35849/10]

Eamon Ryan (Dublin South, Green Party)
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The following table sets out the capital expenditure to date by the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) on behalf of my Department for the Home Energy Savings Scheme (HES), the Warmer Homes Scheme (WHS) and the Energy Efficiency Retrofit Fund (EERF) for Public and Business Sector. The table does not include current costs of 47.5 million associated with the administration of these programmes.

I am advised by SEAI that they expect the end-year outturn for the above schemes to be close to the Budget allocation, as a number of additional contractors have commenced delivery of the WHS in recent weeks. In addition, approval for 45 further projects was announced on 14th September 2010.

Under the 2010 Social Housing Retrofitting Programme, the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government (DEHLG) was allocated €40 million of the €130 million to support local authorities across the country in improving their stock of vacant social houses and occupied apartment complexes. I am advised by that Department that €2.5 million has been expended in 2010 to date.

DEHLG has also made provision of €5 million to support a number of retrofitting demonstration projects which will provide information on methodologies and technologies which can be applied to the general retrofitting programme.

Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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Question 488: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the percentage of the 33% target for energy efficiency in the public sector that has been realised since the target was set in 2008 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35850/10]

Eamon Ryan (Dublin South, Green Party)
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The National Energy Efficiency Action Plan (NEEAP) sets out 90 actions that Government is either already taking or will take in the period to 2020 to achieve the national energy efficiency targets of 20% across the economy and 33% in the public sector. The savings identified in the Action Plan represent approximately €1.6 billion in avoided energy costs for the economy in 2020. There is a requirement in the Energy Services Directive that all Member States must submit their second Action Plan in 2011 and progress on all savings made will be reported in that context.

My Department and the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) are setting up a comprehensive monitoring and reporting system whereby all energy usage in the Public Sector will be accounted for and progress will be systematically recorded. This system will be fully in place next year, which will enable tracking of progress on an annual basis.