Government’s €20bn plan to stop it all going up in smoke

Govewrnment is set to spend €20 billion making half a million homes warmer, greener and cheaper to manage.

Irish homes are 70 per cent reliant on fossil fuels. Most of ur homes are energy inefficient, with more than 80 per cent with an energy performance rating of C or lower.

Irish homes on average pump out 60 per cent more carbon dioxide than our European neighbours and we use  seven per cent more energy than they.

Residential emissions  account for 11 per cent of our total greenhouse gas emissions and generate approximately seven million tonnes of carbon dioxide on an annul basis.