Emergency Fuel Payment Scheme
Dear Department for Communities (Northern Ireland),
1. Please confirm how much money was provided by energy companies to the fund for this scheme, which companies contributed and how much each company contributed.
2. Please confirm how much money was provided by NI Executive to this scheme and which Department/s funded it.
3. Were there any other sources of funding for the scheme?
Yours faithfully,
Sinead Quinn
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Sinead,
Please find attached Acknowledgement Letter in respect of your query on
the Emergency Fuel Payment Scheme.
Regards,
Hugh
Hugh Killough Belfast Regeneration Directorate |HURLG | Department for
Communities
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90829298 | | ( DD:
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Dear Ms Quinn,
Further to the Department for Communities correspondence of 16 February
2022 in response to your FOI request, as attached, please see official
final response from the Department.
Regards
Conor Ellis | Belfast Regeneration Directorate | HURLG | Department for
Communities
Floor 4 | 9 Lanyon Place | Belfast | BT1 3LP
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