COMHAIRLE CONTAE ÁTHA CLIATH THEAS
SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL
MEETING OF TALLAGHT AREA COMMITTEE
Monday, January 26, 2026
QUESTION NO. 11
QUESTION: Councillor D. Richardson
"Can the Manager report on uptake of grants for Community Centre's for solar panel's for the Tallaght area?"
REPLY:
SDCC administers the Community Climate Action Programme (CCAP) with funding of just over €2,000,000 provided by the Department of Climate, Energy and the Environment across two phases, to support the community sector to take climate action. Under Phase 1 of this Programme, three applications were received from Community Centres, none of which were located in the Tallaght area.
Applications for Phase 2 were required to be submitted by 22nd December 2025, and the assessment process is currently ongoing.
In addition to the CCAP, SDCC is availing of funding from the SEAI, through their Pathfinder Programme, to assist in progressing a programme to install solar PV on Council owned buildings. This Contract was awarded in 2025 and work is progressing on the first package of buildings, which focuses on Libraries and Community Centres, which were selected based on suitability for solar PV, energy consumption, other planned or ongoing building works or constraints.
This programme aims to provide financial savings on electricity bills and reduce the greenhouse gas emissions by utilising this renewable energy, working towards the targets in our Climate Action Plan 2024-2029.
The detailed design for the solar array has been completed, with the exception of Ballyroan Community Centre which is at preliminary design stage, and applications are being made to the ESB. Pending approval of these applications, installation on site is expected to begin in March / April 2026.
|
Building |
Estimated Number of Panels for Installation |
Estimated Annual Production Yield (kWh/Year) |
Carbon Emissions Avoided per year (kg/year) |
|
Brookfield Community and Youth Centre |
64 |
29,170 |
13,465 |
|
Kilnamanagh Community Centre |
64 |
29,944 |
14,159 |
|
Fettercarin Community and Youth Centre |
44 (38 already in place, for a total of 82) |
31,303 |
14,459 |
|
Quarryvale Community Centre |
64 |
32,974 |
15,348 |
|
Jobstown Community and Youth Centre |
41 |
19,471 |
7,476 |
|
Rowlagh Community Centre |
48 |
21,718 |
10,211 |
|
North Clondalkin Library |
95 (24 already in place, for a total of 119) |
48,701 |
22,343 |
|
Ballyroan Community and Youth Centre |
TBC |
TBC |
TBC |
|
Ballyroan Library |
107 |
50,351 |
23,165 |
|
Castletymon Library |
88 |
38,071 |
17,632 |
Belgard Heights Community and Youth Centre is amongst those being reviewed for possible inclusion in the next package of buildings. It is expected that the second package will be selected by Q2 2026.