Clare Green Senator Insists Target To Retrofit 500,000 Homes By 2030 Must Still Be The Goal
Clare's Green Party Senator says it's too early to say targets in the National Retrofit Programme will be missed. The Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) told the Oireachtas Committee on the Environment and Climate Action this week that many suppliers involved in the plan are reporting difficulties in securing labour. So far this year, 36,000 applications were received by the SEAI across all schemes, with approximately 28,800 homes being retrofitted. Inagh-based Green Party Senator, Róisín Garvey, insists that the target to have half a million homes retrofitted by 2030 must still be the aim and that each year will see an increase in the number of people qualified to carry out the works.