{"id":2022,"date":"2023-01-30T11:47:01","date_gmt":"2023-01-30T11:47:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/ongoing-delay-in-retrofitting-loan-scheme-will-impact-irelands-climate-ambitions\/"},"modified":"2023-09-15T12:32:44","modified_gmt":"2023-09-15T11:32:44","slug":"ongoing-delay-in-retrofitting-loan-scheme-will-impact-irelands-climate-ambitions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/ga\/ongoing-delay-in-retrofitting-loan-scheme-will-impact-irelands-climate-ambitions\/","title":{"rendered":"Ongoing delay in retrofitting loan scheme will impact Ireland\u2019s climate ambitions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>Government can only offer vague timelines on when low-cost loan scheme for households will be available\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Ongoing delays in the rollout of a low interest loan scheme for retrofitting will make Ireland\u2019s carbon reduction targets even more difficult to achieve, according to Social Democrats TD Jennifer Whitmore.<\/p>\n<p>Deputy Whitmore, who is the party\u2019s spokesperson on Climate and Biodiversity, said:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA low interest loan guarantee scheme \u2013 designed to help households make up the difference between the cost of retrofitting works and SEAI grants \u2013 was a key feature of the Government\u2019s Climate Action Plan when it was announced in 2021. More than two years later, it is still not up and running and we still don\u2019t know when it will be open for applications.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis scheme, which will provide low-cost loans of up to \u20ac50,000 per household, was due to be in place by last summer. Environment Minister Eamon Ryan told me on two separate occasions that it would be launched in the third or fourth quarter of 2022, but this did not happen.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAccording to reports, there has been extensive due diligence between the European Investment Bank (EIB) and the Irish banking and credit union sector, and that \u201csignificant progress\u201d has been made in identifying lenders.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYet, all Government can say is that the scheme will be launched \u201cin the coming months\u201d. Such a vague timeline is utterly unacceptable.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe cost of retrofitting is completely out of reach for most families and it is simply not good enough that this scheme is not yet finalised. Even when the loans are available, retrofitting will remain pie in the sky for those homeowners already struggling to pay their mortgages.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo far, the Government\u2019s retrofitting ambition, which aims to see 500,000 homes upgraded to a B2 energy rating by 2030, is looking increasingly unattainable.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>January 30, 2023<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Government can only offer vague timelines on when low-cost loan scheme for households will be available\u00a0 Ongoing delays in the rollout of a low interest loan scheme for retrofitting will make Ireland\u2019s carbon reduction targets even more difficult to achieve, according to Social Democrats TD Jennifer Whitmore. 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