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Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 10 July 2018

Tuesday, 10 July 2018

Questions (763)

Timmy Dooley

Question:

763. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the amount spent on schemes (details supplied) in each of the years 2014 to 2017 and to date in 2018, by county. [30490/18]

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Written answers

The Better Energy Programme is funded by my Department and administered by the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI). The Programme consists of three main schemes: Homes, Warmer Homes and Communities.

Better Energy Homes provides a financial incentive to private homeowners who wish to improve the energy performance of their homes. Better Energy Warmer Homes delivers a range of energy efficiency measures free of charge to low income households who meet the defined eligibility criteria and who are vulnerable to energy poverty. Better Energy Communities supports energy efficiency upgrades to mixed projects of homes, community facilities and businesses in a local community; projects under this scheme can cross county boundaries and therefore a breakdown of costs per county is not available.

These schemes are supplemented by the Warmth and Wellbeing Scheme which was launched as a Pilot scheme under the Government’s Strategy to Combat Energy Poverty and the Healthy Ireland Framework. The aim of the scheme, a joint policy initiative between my Department and the Department of Health, which began in 2016, is to demonstrate the positive effects that making homes warmer and more energy efficient can have on the health and well-being of people in energy poverty who are living with a chronic respiratory condition. As a pilot scheme, it is currently available only in certain areas of CHO 7.

Table 1: Spend across the Better Energy Communities and Warmth and Well-being schemes 2014-2018YTD.

Programme

2014 Spend

2015 Spend

2016 Spend

2017 Spend

2018 Spend to date

Better Energy Communities

€15.3m

€13.57m

€16.71m

€22.7m

€1.94m

Warmth & Well-being

N/A

N/A

€0.5m

€6.5m

€4.39m

Total

€45.86m

€46.04m

€54.92m

€68.15m

€26.41m

Table 2: County by County breakdown of spend for Better Energy Homes scheme 2014-2018YTD

County

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018 YTD

Carlow

€95,230

€160,320

€143,950

€148,350

€41,350

Cavan

€114,560

€165,730

€175,300

€140,650

€61,650

Clare

€201,120

€247,300

€361,550

€361,000

€119,025

Cork

€1,339,860

€1,943,185

€2,261,175

€1,957,964

€938,950

Donegal

€166,317

€248,230

€271,950

€244,075

€86,000

Dublin

€3,765,393

€5,493,691

€5,956,419

€5,959,279

€2,861,509

Galway

€497,521

€692,565

€777,052

€815,100

€321,550

Kerry

€313,520

€456,768

€608,800

€551,800

€288,288

Kildare

€412,330

€600,170

€711,130

€735,300

€393,750

Kilkenny

€117,540

€125,370

€206,550

€148,800

€45,950

Laois

€73,200

€137,727

€194,300

€185,350

€67,950

Leitrim

€45,780

€56,310

€44,200

€55,150

€15,650

Limerick

€394,417

€478,034

€916,553

€833,900

€370,524

Longford

€43,690

€58,800

€35,350

€89,700

€27,700

Louth

€220,670

€349,500

€457,218

€476,600

€374,050

Mayo

€251,590

€339,901

€478,725

€440,625

€214,800

Meath

€316,662

€489,610

€671,600

€591,450

€637,800

Monaghan

€75,610

€76,380

€101,610

€89,100

€33,900

Offaly

€90,810

€160,690

€134,300

€178,645

€58,700

Roscommon

€74,167

€113,460

€148,450

€126,850

€43,500

Sligo

€92,120

€118,990

€157,100

€171,450

€39,700

Tipperary

€222,160

€376,030

€528,100

€416,010

€149,400

Waterford

€225,122

€346,655

€466,511

€367,000

€156,350

Westmeath

€135,195

€200,250

€245,650

€247,100

€68,200

Wexford

€254,860

€403,796

€416,950

€410,510

€176,750

Wicklow

€375,250

€486,059

€556,750

€587,750

€219,500

Grand Total

€9,914,693

€14,325,521

€17,027,242

€16,329,508

€7,812,496

Table 3: County by County breakdown of spend for Better Energy Warmer Homes scheme 2014-2018YTD

County

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018 YTD

Carlow

not available

€523,961

€200,344

€250,051

€95,913

Cavan

not available

€409,985

€272,327

€380,766

€407,289

Clare

not available

€209,070

€335,272

€652,857

€69,646

Cork

not available

€1,045,762

€1,463,903

€1,622,243

€1,588,509

Donegal

not available

€985,560

€865,165

€1,011,083

€866,192

Dublin

not available

€2,432,752

€1,333,654

€3,167,986

€2,434,009

Galway

not available

€895,184

€774,751

€1,763,729

€487,595

Kerry

not available

€442,009

€421,904

€535,545

€1,113,813

Kildare

not available

€1,176,300

€693,232

€347,646

€399,786

Kilkenny

not available

€279,677

€660,772

€165,509

€116,391

Laois

not available

€201,613

€765,453

€280,083

€136,058

Leitrim

not available

€218,732

€157,928

€204,544

€128,407

Limerick

not available

€209,665

€495,583

€743,277

€99,381

Longford

not available

€298,805

€206,281

€144,708

€178,730

Louth

not available

€393,031

€1,168,614

€433,733

€82,439

Mayo

not available

€885,292

€860,383

€1,704,754

€344,267

Meath

not available

€484,551

€1,547,615

€497,041

€222,298

Monaghan

not available

€187,811

€129,735

€209,127

€209,969

Offaly

not available

€297,959

€936,966

€277,491

€169,721

Roscommon

not available

€316,828

€257,299

€303,279

€249,264

Sligo

not available

€187,010

€400,866

€703,149

€135,309

Tipperary

not available

€389,003

€513,979

€870,511

€179,555

Waterford

not available

€364,183

€327,691

€1,078,988

€373,317

Westmeath

not available

€936,282

€510,733

€462,076

€317,129

Wexford

not available

€799,089

€849,173

€1,518,067

€883,848

Wicklow

not available

€322,083

€977,271

€427,931

€171,896

Grand Total

€19,800,000

€14,892,199

€17,126,896

€19,756,172

€11,460,730

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