More than €20m worth of energy credits returned to Government last year, new report shows

'There was a total of 56,908 credits which were unallocated throughout the scheme, due to the electricity supplier allocated with the credit being unable to identify an account holder for the respective MPRN,' the Department of the Environment said.

The Government received more than €20m back from ESB Networks last year from unallocated energy credits, a new report has said.

Just over €12.1m was returned to the exchequer from funding that had been injected into the scheme “in anticipation of potential newly energised premises” that was “ultimately not required”, according to the Department of the Environment.