Departmental Budgets

Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 5 October 2022

Wednesday, 5 October 2022

Ceisteanna (62, 63, 64)

Darren O'Rourke

Ceist:

62. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will outline the capital, current and total 2023 budget allocation for the Energy Transformation Programme; the capital, current and total 2022 budget allocation for the Energy Transformation Programme, and the percentage difference compared to the Budget 2023 allocation; the capital, current and total allocation under the 2022 Revised Estimates for the Energy Transformation Programme, and the percentage difference compared to the Budget 2023 allocation; the capital, current and total allocation under the 2022 March Supplementary Estimates for the Energy Transformation Programme, and the percentage difference compared to the Budget 2023 allocation. [48837/22]

Darren O'Rourke

Ceist:

63. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the capital, current and total 2023 budget allocation for residential and community retrofit programmes; the capital, current and total 2022 budget allocation for residential and community retrofit programmes, and the percentage difference compared to the Budget 2023 allocation; the capital, current and total allocation under the 2022 Revised Estimates for residential and community retrofit programmes, and the percentage difference compared to the Budget 2023 allocation; the capital, current and total allocation under the March Supplementary Estimates 2022 for residential and community retrofit programmes, and the percentage difference compared to the Budget 2023 allocation. [48838/22]

Darren O'Rourke

Ceist:

64. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the breakdown of the 2023 Budget allocations for each programme under subhead B4. [48839/22]

Freagraí scríofa

Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications

I propose to take Questions Nos. 62, 63 and 64 together. The 2022 Revised Estimates Volume allocation and the Budget 2023 allocation for the Energy Transformation Programme area broken down by Current and Capital allocations and details of the 2022  allocation for the Residential and Community Retrofit Programmes are set out in Table A below.  The 2023 allocation for the Residential and Community Retrofit Programmes will be published in the 2023 Revised Estimates Volume

A further €57m of capital carryover was also allocated to the Residential and Community Retrofit Programmes in 2022.  This brings the total funding allocated to these programmes in 2022 to €403m an increase of 53%.

TABLE A

Programme	Revised Estimates Volume 2022 (€m)			Expenditure Report               2023 (€m)			% Change
-	Current	Capital	Total	Current	Capital	Total
B - ENERGY TRANSFORMATION	51	329	380	60	453	513	35%
Residential & Community Retrofit Programmes	9	255	264	-	-	346	31%

Table B below shows the 2022 allocation post the March Supplementary Estimate and the Budget 2023 allocation for the Energy Transformation Programme area broken down by Current and Capital allocations.    Details of the 2022 (post March Supplementary Estimate) allocation for the Residential and Community Retrofit Programmes Band is also set out in the table below. The 2023 allocation for the Residential and Community Retrofit Programmes will be set out in the 2023 Revised Estimates Volume

In addition to the €57m in capital carryover allocated, a further €83m was allocated to the Residential and Community Retrofit Programme from the EENF, committing total funding to the programmes in 2022 of €275m.

TABLE B

Programme	Post the March Supplementary Estimate (€m)			2023 (€m)			% Change
-	Current	Capital	Total	Current	Capital	Total
B - ENERGY TRANSFORMATION	51	601	652	60	453	513	-21.3%
Residential & Community Retrofit Programmes	9	126	135	-	-	-	-

* includes one Supplementary Estimates totalling €271m

Questions Nos. 65 and 66 answered with Question No. 57.