Seán Canney (Galway East, Independent)
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178. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when the retrofit programme will be in place; the number of one-stop-shops in place to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28726/22]

Eamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party)
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The Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland administers a range of schemes to support homeowners to carry out energy upgrades. A total of €267 million has been provided for these schemes this year and over 5,050 home energy upgrades were supported between January and end-April.  

In February, as part of the delivery of the National Retrofit Plan, the Government approved a package of supports including a new National Home Energy Upgrade Scheme (NHEUS) providing increased grant levels of up to 50% (up from 30%-35%) of the cost of a typical deep retrofit to a B2 BER standard. The Scheme introduces a new, highly customer centric, way to undertake home upgrades. SEAI registered One-Stop-Shops provide an end-to-end service for homeowners. This includes surveying; designing the upgrades; managing the grant process; helping with access to finance; engaging contractors; and quality assurance.

The SEAI advise that five One Stop Shops have now been registered and details can be found listed on the SEAI website at: www.seai.ie/grants/home-energy-grants/one-stop-shop/registered-providers/.The SEAI is actively working with other applicant organisations to support them through this registration process.