Erin McGreehan (Louth, Fianna Fail)
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34. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide an update regarding the uptake of the business energy upgrades scheme retrofit programme for SMEs. [17732/25]

Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal East, Fianna Fail)
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The Business Energy Upgrades Scheme (BEUS) grant support, administered by the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI), provides rapid grant aid options for SMEs to upgrade their buildings. It was opened for applications on 6 November 2024 (the associated webpages: www.seai.ie/grants/business-grants/rapid-approval ) and the application portal went live on the same day, with the official launch of the Scheme scheduled for 11 April this year.

The BEUS will provide rapid grant aid options for SMEs to upgrade their buildings:

• Up to 30% support for a range of energy upgrade measures;
• Up to 50% support to optimise existing systems and support retrofit design costs;
• The rapid approval grant model provides immediate offers to business to enable quick delivery of investments.