Warmer Homes Scheme.

Wednesday, 19 December 2007

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Liz McManus

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92 Deputy Liz McManus asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the budget allocated to the warmer homes scheme for each year since 2000 to date in 2007; the number of homes affected for each year up to and including 2007; the budget allocated for 2008; the number of homes that have applied for this scheme in 2006 and 2007; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35598/07]

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Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources (Deputy Eamon Ryan)

The following table summarises the expenditure and houses remedied through Sustainable Energy Ireland's Low Income Housing programme from 2000 to date. The Warmer Homes Scheme (WHS) was introduced in 2003.

Applications to the Warmer Homes Scheme are managed by the respective Community Based Organisations in their respective areas. They are responsible for identifying the client homes in consultation with a wide variety of community based services and also for managing any ad hoc applications for the services. It is expected that a budget of circa €2.5 million will be available for this scheme in 2008.

Year	Expenditure	Homes Retro-fitted	Locations and Measures**
	€m
2000	0.15	1,430	Measures: Draught proofing, Attic insulation. Locations: Dublin
2001	0.21	1,500	Measures: Draught proofing, Attic insulation. Locations: Dublin
2002	0.34	1,600	Measures: Draught proofing, Attic insulation. Locations: Dublin
2003	0.81	1,768	Measures: Draught proofing, Attic insulation Locations: Dublin, Limerick, Donegal, Cork and Kerry
2004	0.81	1,947	Measures: Draught proofing, Attic insulation,Cavity wall insulation, Hot water cylinder, Jackets, Low energy light-bulbs, Energy Advice. Locations: Dublin, Limerick, Donegal, Cork, Kerry and Wexford
2005	1.41	1,813	Measures: Draught proofing, Attic insulation, Cavity wall insulation, Hot water cylinder Jackets, Low energy light-bulbs, Energy Advice. Locations: Dublin, Limerick, Donegal, Cork, Kerry, Wexford and Louth.
2006	1.98	2,124	Measures: Draught proofing, Attic insulation, Cavity wall insulation, Hot water cylinder Jackets, Low energy light-bulbs, Energy Advice. Locations: Dublin, Limerick, Donegal, Cork, Kerry, Wexford, Louth, Galway, Mayo and Leitrim
2007*	2.47	3,050	Measures: Draught proofing, Attic insulation, Cavity wall insulation, Hot water cylinder Jackets, Low energy light-bulbs, Energy Advice. Locations: Dublin, Limerick, Donegal, Cork, Kerry, Wexford, Louth, Galway, Mayo, Leitrim and Clare

*Figures for 2007 are provisional outturn to date.

**The measures indicated comprise the total range of measures across all the Community Based Organisations (CBOs) operating within SEI's Warmer Homes Scheme. However certain CBOs do not offer cavity wall insulation services. Further the measures are only implemented as appropriate to the particular client homes.