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The Department for the Economy published on Wednesday, a list of individuals that received over £5,000 from the non-domestic Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) up to the end of February 2017.
The list contains the owner of each boiler, date of installation, postcode district of the business, boiler size and type and the amount of payment received up to 28 February.
“The sole reason for publishing this list has been in the interests of transparency. Inclusion in the list does not, in any way, imply wrongdoing by any of the beneficiaries,” the Department for Economy has said.
There are also 48 boiler installations that have had the names of owners and their postcode districts withheld. These are RHI claimants that successfully raised objections with the department about their names being released into the public domain.
On enquiry, a department spokesperson said that officials are considering publishing updated versions of the list on a six month or yearly basis.
No misuse
Last week, a court in Belfast heard details from an unpublished audit report by consultancy firm PWC which stated that poultry and mushroom farmers did not misuse the RHI scheme.
“Farmers were deemed guilty until proved innocent – and that is exactly what this report has done,” commented Ulster Farmers’ Union chief executive Wesley Aston.
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