Louise O'Reilly (Dublin Fingal, Sinn Fein)
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190. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the amount of funding allocated to the Environmental Protection Agency by his Department in 2021, 2022, and to date in 2023, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5359/23]

Eamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party)
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The funding allocated by my Department for the Environmental Protection Agency in the Revised Estimates for the period 2021 to 2023 is set out in the table below:

Louise O'Reilly (Dublin Fingal, Sinn Fein)
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193. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the amount of funding allocated to grants for sustainable community projects in 2021, 2022, and to date in 2023, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5369/23]

Louise O'Reilly (Dublin Fingal, Sinn Fein)
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196. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the capital, current and total 2023 budget allocation for community energy grants, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5390/23]

Eamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 193 and 196 together.

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 Scheme 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.

In 2021, 39 Community Energy Projects were funded with SEAI Grant Support of €26.5 million resulting in a total investment of over €86m. Since the launch of the 2022 Call for Projects last March, there has been very strong demand for the Scheme. At the end of December there were 24 community energy projects approved for capital support of €63 million towards a total investment of over €168 million.

This year, a record €68 million capital funding has been allocated to the Scheme with €0.3 million current funding also provided.