Written answers
Tuesday, 9 April 2024
Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
Departmental Data
Darren O'Rourke (Meath East, Sinn Fein)
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87. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to provide a breakdown of the budget allocations for each programme under the subhead B4 of the Revised Estimate for 2024, in tabular form. [13965/24]
Eamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party)
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The 2024 Revised Estimates Volume, published in December 2023, includes a total allocation of €444.3 million for Subhead B.4 - Residential/Community Retrofit Programmes. This is an increase of over 35% over the 2023 allocation of €327.5 million.
This subhead provides for the grant funding and operational costs for Residential and Community Energy retrofit programmes administered through the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI).
The allocation is broken out as follows:
| Residential/Community Retrofit Programmes | Current€000 | Capital€000 | Total€000 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BE Warmer Homes | 1,394 | 158,854 | 160,248 |
| BE Warmer Homes (ERDF)* | - | 50,000 | 50,000 |
| BE Homes | 1,600 | 60,200 | 61,800 |
| Solar PV | 680 | 54,000 | 54,680 |
| BE Communities (Community Energy Grant) | 300 | 45,000 | 45,300 |
| Deep Retrofit | - | 500 | 500 |
| OSS Development Scheme | 850 | 45,000 | 45,850 |
| Solar PV (Medically Vulnerable) | - | 16,203 | 16,203 |
| Renewable Electricity Support Scheme - Communities | 74 | 1,543 | 1,617 |
| BER Supports Capital | - | 2,000 | 2,000 |
| Community Activation Fund | 50 | 3,900 | 3,950 |
| Retrofit Development (Energy Efficiency Obligations) | 1,150 | - | 1,150 |
| Demand Generation | 1,050 | - | 1,050 |
| Total Allocation | 7,148 | 437,200 | 444,348 |
*European Regional Development Fund
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