COMMISSION STAFF WORKING DOCUMENT Updated climate tracking and digital tagging of the Recovery and Resilience Plan of Ireland Accompanying the document Proposal for a COUNCIL IMPLEMENTING DECISION amending the Implementing Decision of 8 September 2021 on the approval of the assessment of the recovery and resilience plan for Ireland
Date: 2025-12-17
Institutions: European Commission, Reform and Investment Task Force
Subjects: EU aid, Ireland, digital transformation, economic and social cohesion, economic recovery, economic reform, energy policy, green economy, investment, structural adjustment

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   EUROPEAN COMMISSION  Brussels, 17.12.2025  SWD(2025) 428 final  COMMISSION STAFF WORKING DOCUMENT Updated climate tracking and digital tagging of the Recovery and Resilience Plan of  Ireland Accompanying the document Proposal for a COUNCIL IMPLEMENTING DECISION amending the Implementing Decision of 8 September 2021 on the approval of the assessment of the recovery and resilience plan for Ireland {COM(2025) 788 final}  
 
 
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY  

The modifications submitted by Ireland under Article 21(1) of Regulation (EU) 2021/241 affect 
20 measures in total. Ireland requested to modify five measures due to objective circumstances. 

Based on the assessment of the submitted modification and the REPowerEU chapter, the Irish 
modified plan receives an A-rating on all criteria except for costing, where the plan receives a 
B-rating (unchanged from the original plan assessment). 

(1) 
 Balanced 
Response 

(2) 
 CSRs 

(3) 
 Growth, 
jobs… 

(4) 
 DNSH 

(5) 
 Green 
target 

(6) 
 Digital 
target 

(7) 
 Lasting 
impact 

(8) 
 M & T 

(9) 
 Costing 

(10) 
 Control 
Systems 

(11) 

Coherenc
e 

(12) 
REPower
EU 

(13) 
Cross-
border  

A 

A 

A 

A 

A 

A 

A 

A 

B 

A 

A 

A 

A 

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UPDATED  CLIMATE  TRACKING  AND  DIGITAL  TAGGING  OF  THE  RECOVERY  AND  RESILIENCE 

PLAN OF IRELAND 

The table below presents the detailed application of the climate tracking and digital tagging 
methodologies set out respectively in Annexes VI and VII to Regulation (EU) 2021/241 in the 
modified Irish recovery and resilience plan.  

Int. Field = intervention field.  

Coeff. = Coefficient for the calculation of support to climate change objectives and to digital 
transition, on the basis of Annex VI and Annex VII of the RRF Regulation.  

New or revised measures are marked in yellow to distinguish them from the unchanged 
measures in the RRP. 

Climate 

Digital 

Measure/ 
Sub-
Measure 
ID 

Measure/Sub-Measure Name 

Budget 
(EUR 
m) 

Int. 
Field 

Coeff. 
% 

Int. 
Field 

Coeff
. % 

IE-C[C1]-
I[I3] 

1.3 Public Sector Retrofit 
Pathfinder Project 

44.64 

026bis 

100% 

- 

0% 

IE-C[C1]-
I[I3.1] 

1.3.1 Public Sector Buildings' 
Energy Retrofit Programme 

21.09 

026bis 

100% 

1.4 Future Electrification 
Through Targeted Investment in 
Cork Commuter Rail 

206.06 

069bis 

100% 

1.5 National Grand Challenge (i)   28.15 

022 

100% 

- 

- 

- 

0% 

0% 

0% 

009bi
s 

100% 

- 

- 

- 

0% 

0% 

0% 

055bi
s 

100% 

22.61 

- 

0% 

11.21 

047 

40% 

9.64 

050 

40% 

85.68 

050 

40% 

70.08 

055bis 

40% 

36.00 

13.50 

- 

- 

0% 

010 

100% 

0% 

012 

100% 

IE-C[C1]-
I[I4] 

IE-C[C1]-
I[I5.1] 
IE-C[C1]-
I[I5.2] 
IE-C[C1]-
I[I5.3] 
IE-C[C1]-
I[I5.4] 
IE-C[C1]-
I[I6] 
IE-C[C2]-
I[I1] 
IE-C[C2]-
I[I2] 

IE-C[C2]-
I[I3.1] 

1.5 National Grand Challenge 
(ii) 
1.5 National Grand Challenge 
(iii) 
1.5 National Grand Challenge 
(iv) 
1.6 Enhanced Rehabilitation of 
Peatlands 
2.1 Construction of a shared 
Government Data Centre 
2.2 Digital Transformation of 
Irish Enterprise 
2.3 Digital Infrastructure and 
Funding to Schools (i) - 
Connectivity 

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Measure/ 
Sub-
Measure 
ID 

IE-C[C2]-
I[I3.2] 

IE-C[C2]-
I[I4] 
IE-C[C2]-
I[I5] 
IE-C[C2]-
I[I6] 

Measure/Sub-Measure Name 

2.3 Digital Infrastructure and 
Funding to Schools (ii) - ICT 
infrastructure 
2.4 Online Response Option for 
the Census 
2.5 Installation of compute 
nodes 

Budget 
(EUR 
m) 

50.00 

9.70 

18.70 

2.6 Suite of e-health projects 

75.00 

Climate 

Digital 

Int. 
Field 

Coeff. 
% 

Int. 
Field 

Coeff
. % 

- 

- 

- 

- 

0% 

012 

100% 

0% 

011 

100% 

0% 

054bi
s 

100% 

0% 

095 

100% 

IE-C[C3]-
I[I2.1] 

3.2 SOLAS Green Skills Action 
Programme (i) - green skills 
action programme 

4.56 

01 

100% 

- 

0% 

IE-
C[C5].I[I2] 

5.2 Drogheda Charging 
Infrastructure 

56.00 

069bis 

100% 

- 

0% 

IE-
C[C5].I[I3] 

5.3 HSE Pilot Energy and 
Decarbonisation Pathfinder 

48.05 

026bis 

100% 

- 

0% 

IE-
C[C5].I[I4.
1] 

IE-
C[C5].I[I5] 

5.4 (i) Expanded School Sector 
Pathfinder and Decarbonisation 
Programme and Energy Profile 
Inventory of Schools 

122.6 

026bis 

100% 

- 

0% 

5.5 Retfrofit of No. 6 Ely Place 

15.00 

026bis 

100% 

- 

0% 

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