Ossian Smyth (Dún Laoghaire, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

I am told it will be available across all schemes. Loans will be for a minimum of €5,000 up to a maximum of €75,000. It fills the gap for people who do not qualify for the better energy, warmer homes scheme. People, who will not get a 100% free upgrade from the State because of the type of welfare they receive and cannot afford to pay half the cost of the retrofit on the basis that they do not have the capital lying around or cannot borrow it for some reason will be able to obtain the money they need for their portion of the cost from a low-cost loan and the other portion from the grant.