Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 26 July 2022
177. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the number of primary and post-primary schools that have applied for a solar panel grant; the number that have successfully received a grant for solar panels under the community energy grant scheme and the public sector schools pathfinder programme on an annual basis since 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41792/22]
View answerThe figures related to the public sector school's pathfinder program requested are set out in the following table(s) and I have asked the SEAI to provide the remaining information directly to the deputy.
Pathfinder figures:
|
2017 |
2018 |
2019 |
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
|
|
Schools Retrofitted |
10 |
6 |
16 |
6 |
9 |
6 |
|
Solar PV Installed |
1 |
2 |
5 |
4 |
9 (Proposed) |
6 (Proposed) |
|
Solar Thermal Installed |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
*For the 2021 projects, 7 of these were phased over the summer of 2021/2022 and are still on site.
