Written answers
Tuesday, 18 December 2018
Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
Energy Efficiency
Róisín Shortall (Dublin North West, Social Democrats)
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513. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the energy upgrade work funded to date in 2018 by programme; the planned or budgeted expenditure per programme for 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53080/18]
Richard Bruton (Dublin Bay North, Fine Gael)
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The information requested in relation to energy efficiency schemes to end November 2018 is set out in the tables below.
Funding for energy efficiency programmes next year will be provided from within the overall capital funding envelope of €142.6 million for the Energy Programme in Budget 2019, with individual programme allocations still to be finalised and published in the Revised Estimates for Public Services later this month.
1. Residential schemes
| 2018 (to end November) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Programme | Grant Spend (€M) | Number of Homes |
| Better Energy Homes | 15.5 | 12,936 |
| Better Energy Warmer Homes | 29.4 | 5,238 |
| Better Energy Communities | 13.0 | 1,189 |
| Deep Retrofit | 2.9 | 183 |
| Warmth and Wellbeing | 9.8 | 451 |
| Total | 70.6 | 19,997 |
2. Commercial schemes
| 2018 (to end November) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Programme | Grant Spent (€M) | No of beneficiaries |
| Dairy Farmers Pilot | €0.3 | 69 |
| Smart Lighting Scheme | €1.1 | 100 |
| EXEED | €2.2 | 54 |
| Total | €3.6 | 223 |
3. Public Sector Schemes
| 2018 (to end November) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Programme | Capital Spent (€M) | No of buildings |
| OPW Public building upgrade | 11* | 63* |
| Schools Programme | 2.75 | 6 |
| Total | 13.75* | 69* |
*Provisional
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