Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 2 March 2023
147. Deputy John Paul Phelan asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the amount of RePowerEU funding availed of by Ireland since its inception in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10717/23]
View answerThe REPowerEU plan, which was published by the European Commission in May 2022, sets out a range of actions that can be taken at EU and Member State level.
In order to support the delivery of the REPowerEU plan, additional funding is to be provided via the EU’s Recovery and Resilience Facility. The level of funding that will be provided to Ireland is expected to be circa €90m. There was no opportunity in 2022 for Ireland avail of this funding as the relevant EU legislation had not been enacted. Ireland will be able to avail of EU funding for REPowerEU through the addition of a new chapter to the National Recovery and Resilience Plan. The preparation of this chapter is being led by the Department of Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform with input from my Department and other relevant departments.
