Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 29 June 2023
142. Deputy Steven Matthews asked the Minister for Education the steps she will take to ensure increased year-on-year funding for the school pathfinder retrofitting project; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30783/23]
View answerThe pathfinder programme is paving the way for, and informing the larger schools national programme for the energy retrofit of schools and will play a key part of meeting delivery of the Climate Action Plan.
The budget for the pathfinder programme of works from 2017 to 2023 is circa €110 million.
The next step in relation to the decarbonisation pathfinder programme as detailed in Climate Action Plan 2023 is to create an accurate scalable model for resourcing and delivery for the school sector. This will include an initial pilot to test the national delivery model processes and procedures, this will commence in 2024.
The level of NDP funding in the period 2024 onwards will be a key enabler for the rollout of a national programme for decarbonisation and retrofit.
