Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 5 April 2022
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action
Implementation of the New National Retrofit Plan: Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland
Mr. Willie Walsh:
May I revert to a point on the warmer homes scheme and those who can apply for it? I am not fully aware of the report referred to. Much of the information is usually on the leaflets of, say, local Deputies. We have done mailshots. There was a period in which we found it very difficult to get people to apply for the scheme. We worked with the Department of Social Protection, which, due to GDPR considerations, could not give us the names and addresses of people, but it could mailshot leaflets for us. We have taken measures like that. Dr. Byrne said half of the €8 billion we have is to address the cohort in question, so we will have to find the other 91%.