The scheme aims to upgrade 500,000 houses to a BER rating of B2 at least by 2030.
Too much red tape and not enough companies to carry out work are reasons behind the current failure of the government's retrofitting programme.
That's according to a midlands engineering consultant.
The scheme aims to upgrade 500,000 houses to a BER rating of B2 at least by 2030.
However there are currently only 11 applications for retrofitting in the midlands submitted, with six in Westmeath, and three in both Offaly and Laois.
Derek Martin of Martin's Engineering Consultancy in Offaly says it took too long for his company to get their certification:
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