The 2021 Revised Estimates Volume (REV) originally had a capital allocation of €270.033m for the Energy programme. This was increased by €28.001m via the Technical Supplementary Estimate (TSE) that was voted through the Dáil in December 2021. The 2022 Budget was first released in October 2021 prior to the TSE vote. The extensive COVID-19 related restrictions on construction activity between January and mid-April had a significant impact on activity for the National Broadband Plan and Sustainable Energy Programmes. The TSE allowed my Department to re-allocate the underspend of €52.5m from Subhead A.3 – Information and Communications Technology Programme, which holds the National Broadband Plan, to subheads B.4, E.4, E.5, E.10 and E.11. The €28.001m transferred to B.4 was combined with the €132m underspend and facilitated a transfer of €160m to the Energy Efficiency National Fund. Details of all the transfers are in the below table:
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REV 2021
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Capital Underspend €000's
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TSE 2021
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Transferred €000's
|
|
A.3
|
52,500
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B.4
|
28,001
|
|
|
|
E.4
|
1,500
|
|
|
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E.5
|
10,000
|
|
|
|
E.10
|
5,000
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|
|
|
E.11
|
8,000
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The 2022 Budget Estimate Volume (BEV) was prepared using the 2021 Subhead Structure. Prior to the release of the 2022 REV the Subhead Structure had changed. Three new subheads were introduced and two new subheads replaced B.4 – Sustainable Energy Programmes. The details of the new subheads and the funding allocated are detailed below:
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REV 2022
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Current €000's
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Capital€000's
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|
B.4
|
Residential/Community Retrofit programmes
|
8,710
|
254,868
|
|
B.5
|
Other Energy Efficiency programmes
|
6,065
|
40,000
|
|
B.6
|
Other Energy programmes (National and International)
|
1,050
|
|
|
B.10
|
Single Scheme Pension Payments to CRU
|
6
|
|
|
B.11
|
Electricity Credit
|
|
1
|
|
|
|
15,831
|
294,869
|
The 2022 Subheads B.4 and B.5 replaced the 2021 subhead B.4 – Sustainable Energy Programmes. The 2022 BEV had allocated €14.975m in Current and €280.369m in Capital funding to B.4, this was decreased by €0.2m in Current and increased by €14.499m in Capital for REV 2022 and spread across the new subheads B.4 and B.5.
Subheads B.6, B.10 and B.11 are new subheads, the allocations were not included in BEV 2022, their combined total amounted to an increase of €1.056m in Current and €0.001m in Capital for Programme B: Energy transformation.
Other subheads within the Energy programme were adjusted prior to the release of REV 2022, the details of all changes are in the table below:
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REV 2022
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Current €000's
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Capital€000's
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Change from BEV€000's
|
|
B.1
|
9,872
|
|
-353
|
|
B.2
|
2,268
|
355
|
+ 400
|
|
B.3
|
21,475
|
|
+ 2
|
|
B.4
|
8,710
|
254,868
|
|
|
B.5
|
6,065
|
40,000
|
+ 14299
|
|
B.6
|
1,050
|
|
+ 1,050
|
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B.7
|
1,010
|
24,000
|
-1,650
|
|
B.8
|
45
|
|
-
|
|
B.9
|
|
10,300
|
-1,700
|
|
B.10
|
6
|
|
+ 6
|
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B.11
|
|
1
|
+ 1
|
|
B.12
|
290
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
Total Difference from BEV to REV
|
12,055
|
The pre-Budget Estimates are published as part of the Pre-Budget Outlook in October; the Budget Estimates are published at Budget time and it is these Estimates – as subsequently updated in the Revised Estimates Volume – that are voted on by the Dáil. It is common for the figures published on Budget day to be adjusted prior to publication of the REV.
