Pearse Doherty (Donegal, Sinn Fein)
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618. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the grant assistance available to businesses wishing to avail of rain harvesting systems on their premises. [11664/16]

Mary Mitchell O'Connor (Dún Laoghaire, Fine Gael)
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Water conservation and, more broadly, the development of the Green Economy, offers significant potential for the development of new jobs and for the development of competitive, sustainable enterprises. Indeed, many of the Regional Action Plans published to date include specific actions to support the Green Economy as a sector with potential for jobs growth within the regions. My Department and the Agencies under its remit offer a wide suite of policies and supports to businesses across key and emerging sectors, such as the Green Economy, to assist and facilitate them at all stages of development and growth, from nascent and early stage entrepreneurs to companies of scale trading internationally.

However, my Department does not grant aid the installation of rain harvesting systems for businesses. Water conservation comes under the remit of my colleague, Mr. Simon Coveney, Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government, so perhaps his Department would be in a position to provide further details.