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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF TALLAGHT AREA COMMITTEE

Monday, April 22, 2024

QUESTION NO. 11

QUESTION: Councillor D. Richardson

"Can the manager report on grants available for community centers, schools and business for solar panels to the premises?"

REPLY:

Community Centres, should they have met the criteria of the Community Climate Action Programme (CCAP), were eligible to apply to phase 1 of the CCAP, which closed for applications on March 27^th 2024. The CCAP was available to local, not-for-profit community groups and organisations over an initial 18-month period to undertake local climate action projects. 

The overall objective of the Programme is to support and empower communities, in partnership with SDCC, to deliver projects that shape and build low carbon, sustainable communities in a considered and structured way to help contribute to national climate and energy targets.

SDCC will award €1.073 million to support communities to play a critical role in driving positive change. Project sizes include small (up to €20,000), medium (€20,000 - €50,000) and large (€51,000 - €100,000).

SDCC is committed to supporting interested groups in making an application. SDCC’s dedicated Community Climate Action Officer is available and can be reached at climatechange@sdublincoco.ie.

Solar panels are an eligible action for consideration under the CCAP, however schools and for-profit businesses are ineligible under this programme.

In addition, the Community Service Department also has a budget of €200K for the installation of solar panels in Community Centres and are liaising with Environmental Services and Architectural Services on the roll out of solar panel installations, giving particular attention to co-ordinating the works with other proposed community centre redevelopments/upgrades.