Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 23 July 2019
2194. Deputy Colm Brophy asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of businesses that have received support from the SEAI to reduce energy costs through upgrading their lighting since 2011, by year and county in tabular form. [32056/19]
View answerThe SEAI has administered the Smart Lighting Scheme since 2017. This Scheme helps small and medium-sized enterprises to improve their energy efficiency and reduce their energy costs through upgrades to their lighting systems. To date, over 400 businesses have availed of the scheme. The 2019 scheme closed for applications on 20 May.
The following table shows the number of businesses that received support under the Lighting Scheme in 2017, 2018 and 2019, by year and county.
|
- |
2017 |
2018 |
2019 |
|
Carlow |
0 |
1 |
3 |
|
Cavan |
2 |
2 |
0 |
|
Clare |
1 |
7 |
6 |
|
Cork |
3 |
16 |
17 |
|
Donegal |
4 |
13 |
7 |
|
Dublin |
12 |
44 |
23 |
|
Galway |
5 |
27 |
19 |
|
Kerry |
3 |
3 |
6 |
|
Kildare |
2 |
2 |
3 |
|
Kilkenny |
1 |
4 |
2 |
|
Laois |
0 |
2 |
3 |
|
Leitrim |
2 |
0 |
2 |
|
Limerick |
1 |
12 |
8 |
|
Longford |
0 |
2 |
1 |
|
Louth |
1 |
5 |
4 |
|
Mayo |
5 |
20 |
6 |
|
Meath |
3 |
5 |
4 |
|
Monaghan |
1 |
5 |
6 |
|
Offaly |
1 |
4 |
6 |
|
Roscommon |
2 |
4 |
2 |
|
Sligo |
2 |
6 |
3 |
|
Tipperary |
2 |
3 |
10 |
|
Waterford |
1 |
7 |
1 |
|
Westmeath |
6 |
4 |
4 |
|
Wexford |
1 |
3 |
2 |
|
Wicklow |
0 |
2 |
0 |
|
61 |
203 |
148 |
It is worth noting that lighting upgrades can also be supported as part of grants provided under other SEAI schemes such as EXEED; data on the lighting element of the overall project is not readily available for those schemes.
