Jennifer Carroll MacNeill (Dún Laoghaire, Fine Gael)
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230. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of persons that applied for the SEAI grant for solar photovoltaic panels in 2019; the number that received the grant in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35289/20]

Eamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party)
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The details for 2019 requested by the Deputy in relation to the microgeneration Solar PV grant scheme administered by the Sustainable Energy Authority Ireland (SEAI) on behalf of my Department are listed in the table below:

It is worth noting the following in relation to the data:

- Homeowners are issued with a letter of offer for the grant which is valid for 8 months during which timeframe they can request payment of the grant for which they applied.

- Not all applicants request payment. A homeowner can cancel their application and create new application to restart the 8 month offer period or they can change their mind and not install the solar PV system.

- There can be a difference between the number of applications and the number of payments in any given year due to payments coming from previous or falling into subsequent years.

To date my Department has provided €10.1 million in funding to support the SEAI  grant scheme to help domestic customers generate electricity through installing rooftop solar photovoltaic (PV) equipment on their homes, with 4,104 applications processed to date, saving approximately 3.34 kiloTonnes of CO2 per annum. A further €7 million in capital funding has been allocated to the Scheme in Budget 2021.