Written answers
Tuesday, 19 October 2021
Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
Departmental Budgets
Darren O'Rourke (Meath East, Sinn Fein)
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294. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the amount carried over from his Department’s 2021 budget allocation to Budget 2022; the Departmental underspend in the 2021 budget allocation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51289/21]
Darren O'Rourke (Meath East, Sinn Fein)
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295. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the breakdown of the programmes or initiatives to be funded under the energy transformation heading in Budget 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51290/21]
Darren O'Rourke (Meath East, Sinn Fein)
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300. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the detailed breakdown of the €202 million announced for retrofits in Budget 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51295/21]
Eamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 294, 295 and 300 together.
The 2022 allocation for my Department is €858million which represents a 19% increase over the 2021 allocation of €720million. Allocations by programme area for 2022 are set out in the table below:
| - | 2021 | 2022 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Programme (€m) | Current | Capital | Total | Current | Capital | Total |
| A - CLIMATE ACTION and ENVIRONMENT LEADERSHIP | 50 | 75 | 125 | 55 | 97 | 152 |
| B - ENERGY TRANSFORMATION | 44 | 270 | 314 | 51 | 318 | 368 |
| C - CIRCULAR ECONOMY DEVELOPMENT* | 11 | 13 | 24 | 46 | 52 | 98 |
| D - CONNECTIVITY AND COMMUNICATIONS DELIVERY | 15 | 218 | 233 | 18 | 234 | 251 |
| - Inland Fisheries* | 31 | 3 | 34 | |||
| Gross Total | 152 | 579 | 731 | 169 | 700 | 869 |
| Appropriations in Aid | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | ||
| Net Total | 141 | 579 | 720 | 158 | 700 | 858 |
Detailed allocations for 2022 for sub-programmes and initiatives within these four programmes are being finalised as part of my Department's annual business planning process. The final allocations by sub-programme/initiative will be included in the Revised Estimates Volume in December.
My officials are currently reviewing the year end capital position for my Department. Following this review there will be engagement with the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform in relation to the level of capital carryover from 2021 to 2022. The level of carryover for each Department is subject to the approval of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform. The approved level of capital carryover will also be included in the Revised Estimates Volume.
Budget 2022 commits €202m to fund the SEAI residential and community retrofit schemes and a further €10m from the Exchequer for the Solar PV scheme. This investment will support over 22,000 home energy upgrades, including over 6,000 homes to a Building Energy Rating (BER) of B2. It will deliver warmer, healthier and more comfortable homes with lower energy bills. It will also reduce emissions from the residential sector and improve air quality.
€109m of this €202m allocation will be used to provide free energy efficiency upgrades to households that are in, or at risk of, energy poverty. Over 4,500 upgrades will be carried out under these SEAI schemes.
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