A Sinn Fein deputy has welcomed the uptick in home energy upgrades but says it “doesn’t hide the deep inequity of the Government’s National Retrofit Plan."
The Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland says it has supported 9,946 retrofits in the first quarter of this year - a 172% jump from last year.
But Meath TD Darren O’Rourke says: “Far too many people are excluded from these schemes, ineligible for the free scheme and unable to afford works.
