The amounts of money allocated to energy and natural resources in the past four years are set out in the table:
|
2008 Actual Outturn
|
2009 Actual Outturn
|
2010 Actual Outturn
|
2011 Provisional Outturn
|
2012 Budget
|
|
€
|
€
|
€
|
€
|
€
|
Energy
|
67
|
80
|
116
|
118
|
1041
|
Natural Resources2
|
65
|
48
|
50
|
43
|
51
|
1 Includes €15 million capital carryover.
2 Natural Resources includes allocation for Inland Fisheries.
The amounts of money allocated to energy efficiency schemes in the past four years are set out in the table. It should be noted that from 2011, expenditure on the Warmer Homes Scheme has been consolidated into the National Energy Retrofit Programme. Expenditure on other energy efficiency supports has also been consolidated into this programme.
|
2008 Actual Outturn
|
2009 Actual Outturn
|
2010 Actual Outturn
|
2011 Provisional Outturn
|
2012 Budget
|
|
€
|
€
|
€
|
€
|
€
|
Low Income Housing/Warmer Homes Scheme
|
5.780
|
14.000
|
30.340
|
0
|
0
|
Public and Commercial Sector
|
1.000
|
0.570
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
Public Sector Energy Efficiency Support
|
0
|
4.000
|
0.996
|
0.012
|
0
|
Energy in Business/Energy Efficiency Action Plan Programme
|
4.000
|
4.400
|
2.903
|
0.154
|
0
|
Home Energy Savings Scheme/Insulation Programme
|
0
|
17.000
|
47.386
|
0
|
0
|
Better Energy Programme
|
0
|
0
|
8.139
|
98.410
|
82.8963
|
Total
|
10.780
|
39.970
|
89.764
|
98.576
|
82.896
|
3Includes €15m capital carryover.
Under the Jobs Initiative of May 2011, an additional €19 million in Exchequer funding was allocated to the National Energy Retrofit Programme. This was supplemented by €11 million savings from within my Department's 2011 allocation. The amount provided for 2012 is as set out above.