Robert Troy
Question:108. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the status of the listing of one-stop-shop providers through the national retrofit scheme. [28043/22]
View answerTuesday, 31 May 2022
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The recently launched National Home Energy Upgrade 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 Scheme offers unprecedented grant levels, increased from around 30% to 50% of the cost of a typical B2 home energy upgrade with a heat pump.
Following Government approval, the SEAI registration portal opened for companies to apply to be a One-Stop-Shop, building on the preparatory work already undertaken. SEAI are focused on engaging organisations capable of professionally managing all aspects of a One Stop Shop service. Therefore, the registration process, for this new service, is necessarily robust.
The SEAI advise that five One Stop Shops have now been registered and all 5 are registered as National providers of services and 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.
It is expected that the One-Stop-Shops will be distributed across Ireland, with a considerable number offering services nationwide through their network of contractors throughout the country. Other One-Stop-Shops will likely work within geographic regions. This will ensure that every home can benefit from the One-Stop-Shop service on offer.