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Minister for Housing and Planning Jan O’Sullivan, TD, today (22 July, 2013) announced the first funding allocation under the €50m energy efficiency programme for local authority homes. €10m will be invested this year improving the energy efficiency of some 5,000 local authority homes.

Speaking about initiative, Minister O’Sullivan said, “Energy efficiency programmes result in lower energy bills, improved housing stock and reduced carbon emissions. The major three year programme I announced in June also has the capacity to create hundreds of jobs in the green energy sector.”

“I’ve worked closely with my colleague, Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, Brendan Howlin, to introduce this energy efficiency programme. We are determined to see €50m invested over three years. This will reduce the energy bills of 25,000 families who currently live in local authority houses with very poor insulation. It is part of a wider Government stimulus programme that will see significant investment in schools and roads. I expect the energy efficiency initiative will create up to 1,000 jobs – in both the private sector and among community-based organisations that deliver energy efficiency measures.”

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Note for Editors:

In May Minister O’Sullivan announced a €50m investment between 2013-15 that will improve 25,000 local authority houses.

Works to be carried out on housing includes roof insulation, cavity wall insulation, draught proofing and BER certification.

Details of the funding allocation per local authority for 2013 are below.