Darren O'Rourke (Meath East, Sinn Fein)
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50. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the budget allocated to each retrofit scheme (details supplied) in each of the years 2016 to 2020, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5353/21]

Eamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party)
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The information requested in the Question is set out in the table below.

Darren O'Rourke (Meath East, Sinn Fein)
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51. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if there is a maximum amount a person or household is allowed claim in various grants from the SEAI in one year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5354/21]

Eamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party)
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My Department funds a range of SEAI administered grant schemes to support homeowners to improve the energy efficiency of their properties. The SEAI retrofit schemes offer partial grants for individuals who can afford to contribute to the cost of upgrades as well as free energy efficiency improvements for people at risk of energy poverty.  Guidelines for each scheme is available on the SEAI website - www.seai.ie.The Warmer Homes Scheme and the Warmth and Wellbeing pilot scheme provide a range of energy efficiency measures free of charge to lower income households vulnerable to energy poverty.  The types of energy efficiency upgrade recommended for a home is determined by an SEAI survey that considers factors including the age, size, type and condition of the property. There is no maximum value associated with these upgrades but the  measures available and the conditions for recommendation are published in the scheme guidelines.  Risk and complexity are taken into account when assessing each home and recommending particular interventions.

The Better Energy Homes scheme aims to improve energy efficiency by providing grant support for energy efficiency upgrades to homeowners. Fixed amounts are available for a range of measures. The maximum that a home can receive in grant funding through this scheme is currently €12,450.

Under the Solar PV scheme a homeowner can receive a maximum of €3,000 towards the cost of Solar PV and battery storage.

The Community Energy Grant scheme funds community based partnerships to improve the energy efficiency of the building stock in their area - homes, including those at risk of energy poverty, community facilities and businesses.  The maximum grant per house depends on the home type as follows:

The National Retrofit (One Stop Shop Development) scheme is designed to encourage the development of one-stop-shops for retrofit and to engage groups of private households, registered housing associations/Approved Housing Bodies and Local Authorities that wish to participate in delivering energy efficiency upgrades, specifically in domestic buildings.  The scheme will facilitate larger, more efficient aggregated projects and will bring benefits for homeowners and the supply chain.  The maximum grant per house depends on the home type as follows:

Darren O'Rourke (Meath East, Sinn Fein)
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52. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the amount each of the top ten persons and households claimed from the SEAI using various grant schemes in each of the years 2016 to 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5355/21]

Darren O'Rourke (Meath East, Sinn Fein)
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53. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of persons and households that claimed more than €20,000 in various grants combined from the SEAI in each of the years 2016 to 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5356/21]

Eamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 52 and 53 together.

Given the nature of some SEAI programmes, whereby homeowners do not make an application directly but instead apply through a project co-ordinator, the data requested by the Deputy is only available through a manual analysis of files for each historical project and project co-ordinator. 

The information will be compiled by the SEAI and will be forwarded to the Deputy as soon as possible.