96. Deputy Noel McCarthy asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if a further funding call is expected under the Community Climate Action Fund; and when he envisages this call to be made. [64183/26]

The Community Climate Action Programme (CCAP) is funded by my Department through the Climate Action Fund. Across two strands, it supports and empowers communities to shape and build low carbon, sustainable communities and contribute to our national climate and energy targets.

Strand 1 of CCAP is providing €56.1 million in funding across two phases to Local Authorities to enable community groups to run projects across five themes: Community Energy; Travel; Food and Waste; Shopping & Recycling; and Local Climate and Environmental Action. The initial phase, funding 650 projects, is due to complete before the end of 2026.

In May this year, I announced the second phase of Strand 1 of CCAP valued at €29.5 million. In addition to this funding, I subsequently provided an additional €2.6 million which will enable local authorities fund projects from their reserve lists. This combined funding will see a further 820 community projects deliver between now and the end of 2027.

In addition, €5m was provided under Strand 2 of CCAP between 2022 and 2025 to 19 community projects that focused on Climate education and capacity building.

The potential for further rounds of funding under this programme are kept under active review. No further announcements are planned at this time and any future calls will be signalled well in advance.