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Energy Conservation.

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 27 April 2010

Tuesday, 27 April 2010

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Eamon Gilmore

Ceist:

105 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the amount of money allocated for home insulation grants and the greener home schemes in the years 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 and to date in 2010 in tabular form; the amount allocated in grants under each heading; the number of applicants who applied for and availed of these grants in each year; the amount of funding remaining unused in each of the years to date in 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16639/10]

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The following table sets out the relevant figures for the Greener Homes Scheme (GHS) from its inception in 2006 to date, and also sets out the figures for the Home Energy Savings scheme (HES) for 2008, 2009 and 2010. The 2008 figures for HES are for the pilot "Insulation Scheme", which was used to test principles and processes required to deliver the full-scale HES programme.

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010***

Greener Homes

Total Allocation (€)

€5m

€28.221m

€22.5m

€15.345m

€6.5m

Total Spend (€)

€5m

€27.8m

€22.5m

**€11.009m

€1.21m

Underspend (€)

0

€0.421m

0

€4.336m

n/a

Number of Grants Paid**excluding operational costs of €0.695m

1,341

8,385

9,643

7,237

910

Home Insulation

Total Allocation (€)

€5m

€47m

€43.555m

Total Spend (€)

€1.4m

**€16.258m

€11.1m

Underspend (€)

€3.6m

€30.7m

n/a

Number of Grants Paid

711

33,434 measures 18,183 homes

24,742 measures 13,706 homes

**This is the amount disbursed in capital grants and does not include development/system and operational costs of €2.233m.

***To date.

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