Patrick Costello (Dublin South Central, Green Party)
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191. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when he will publish and approve the updated guidelines for the 2023 better energy communities' scheme. [4606/23]

Eamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party)
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The Communities Energy Grant is part of the Government's National Retrofit Programme aimed at upgrading building stock and facilities to high standards of energy efficiency and renewable energy usage, thereby reducing fossil fuel usage, energy costs and greenhouse gas emissions.

The Grant supports cross-sectoral and community-oriented partnership approaches that deliver energy savings to a range of building types including public, commercial and community buildings with a particular focus on using the projects to deliver home retrofits.

The Community Energy Grant Scheme guidelines for 2023 are currently being finalised and will be published shortly.