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Departmental Expenditure

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 6 March 2012

Tuesday, 6 March 2012

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Éamon Ó Cuív

Question:

333 Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the amount of money allocated by him in the past four years to energy and natural resources; the amount of money allocated by him in the past four years to energy efficiency schemes including the warmer homes, the better energy scheme and their predecessor schemes; the allocation to the scheme in 2011 and 2012 from the jobs initiative scheme announced by the Government last year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12844/12]

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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.

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