Darren O'Rourke (Meath East, Sinn Fein)
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134. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the amount of funding that Ireland has applied for under the REPowerEU programme; the projects for which the funding would be allocated towards; the maximum amount of funding that Ireland is entitled to under this programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46013/22]

Eamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party)
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Ireland’s National Recovery and Resilience Plan, which was published earlier this year, sets out a total of 16 investments and 9 reform commitments which will be supported by approximately €915 million in grants from the European Recovery and Resilience Facility. The European Commission’s REPowerEU proposal provides the potential for further funding via the EU’s Recovery and Resilience Facility. My Department is working with the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform in considering potential proposals for funding under this mechanism.