Written answers
Tuesday, 23 October 2018
Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
Local Authority Funding
Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Sinn Fein)
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548. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the categories of funding available to local authorities through his Department; the amount of funding provided for each scheme in 2016 and 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43725/18]
Richard Bruton (Dublin Bay North, Fine Gael)
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My Department provides funding through a number of schemes to local authorities, the details of which are set out in the following table.
| Categories of funding available to local authorities | Amount of funding provided (€ inc. VAT)2016 | Amount of funding provided (€ inc. VAT)2017 |
|---|---|---|
| Warmth and Wellbeing Pilot Scheme – free energy efficiency home upgrades | €0.5m (72 homes upgraded) | €6.5m (360 homes upgraded) |
| Deep Retrofit Pilot Programme – grant funding for residential energy efficiency projects* | €0.86m (First year of the pilot and focused on building capacity in the market for deep retrofit and building the pipeline of projects for 2018. Spend relates to completed and partially completed homes, grant support for project management was also provided). | |
| Better Energy Communities – grant funding for energy efficiency projects | €16.7m (37 community projects awarded funding covering 385 community and commercial buildings and 2,013 homes) | €22.7m (44 community projects awarded funding covering 491 community and commercial buildings and 1,965 homes) |
| Funding for Tyres Historic Stockpiles Clean up | N/A | €323,371 |
| Regional Waste Management Planning Offices | €327,788 (Environment Fund) | €410,000 (Environment Fund) €953,490 (Vote) |
| Local Authority Enforcement Measures Grant Scheme | €7,316,946 | €7,228,403 |
| Anti-Dumping Initiative Grant Scheme | N/A | €1,256,705 |
| Waste Enforcement Regional Lead Authority Offices Operational Costs | €859,380 | €879,646 |
| Waste Enforcement Initiatives | €48,223 | €286,665 |
| Biodegradable Waste Strategy | €250,000 | €200,000 |
| One Day Collections of Small Scale Quantities of Hazardous Waste Grant Scheme | €73,943 | €100,000 |
| Recoupment of clean-up costs associated with illegal diesel laundering | €1,020,563 | €224,213 |
| North/South Waste Repatriation | €481,580 | N/A |
| Landfill Remediation | €6,723,159 | €5,267,842 |
| Local Agenda 21/Local Environmental Partnership Fund (LA21) | €388,646 | €441,815 |
| Anti-Litter and Anti-Graffiti Awareness Scheme (ALAGS) | €684,840 | €865,071 |
| Protecting Uplands and Rural Environments (PURE) | €89,147 | €114,800 |
| Geopark grant Clare County Council | €25,000 | €25,000 |
| Geopark grant Waterford County Council | €25,000 | €25,000 |
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