Timmy Dooley (Clare, Fianna Fail)
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767. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the amount of grant aid funding available under the better energy homes scheme divided between each individual energy efficiency measure to households (details supplied); the total number of persons who availed of each of these schemes in 2014, 2015 and to date in 2016; the total amount of Exchequer funding allocated and drawn down subsequently; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24217/16]

Denis Naughten (Roscommon-Galway, Independent)
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The Better Energy Homes scheme is administered by the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) on behalf of my Department. The scheme provides a financial incentive to private homeowners who wish to improve the energy performance of their homes. Fixed grants are provided towards the cost of a range of measures including attic insulation, wall insulation, heating systems upgrades, solar thermal panels and accompanying Building Energy Ratings.

In 2015, a series of amendments to the scheme were made to improve consumer interest.  Grant levels were increased, a bonus payment was introduced for homeowners who undertake multiple measures and the minimum grant threshold was abolished.

The following table shows all the measures supported and the revised grant levels available.

I have also set out in the following table the number of applications received for 2014, 2015 and to date (20 July) in 2016, the number of homes completed in this same time frame, the total grant paid out, the total number of measures completed and a full breakdown of each measure complete.: