Kathleen Funchion (Carlow-Kilkenny, Sinn Fein)
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53. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if a person (details supplied) is entitled to claim the Government energy credit payment. [11690/23]

Eamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party)
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Budget 2023 included an Electricity Cost Emergency Benefit Scheme through which €550.47 (exclusive of VAT) is being credited to each domestic electricity account in three payments of €183.49 (exclusive of VAT). The first two payments have already been made to accounts and suppliers began crediting the third payment to accounts from 1 March. The estimated cost of this scheme is €1.211 billion.

The payments apply to domestic electricity accounts, including those with Pay As You Go meters, which are subject to distribution use of system charges at the rate for urban domestic customers (DG1) or the rate for rural domestic customers (DG2). The scheme uses the single identifier of the Meter Point Registration Number (MPRN) to ensure it can be administered automatically and without an application/approval process.