Yay, there's some funding for sustainability in building in this year's bad news...
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capital funding of €71 million is being made available to fund sustainable energy and energy research programmes, continuing the priority given to these areas last year and allowing for the expansion of some programmes;
funding for the Home Energy Saving scheme run by Sustainable Energy Ireland (SEI), and piloted since 2008, is being increased from €5 million in 2008 to €20 million in 2009; €5 million will also be provided for the Warmer Homes Scheme;
the provision for the Greener Homes Scheme run by SEI has been scaled back from €27 million to €12 million reflecting the maturing of the market;
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We shall wait and see...
