Last updated: May 14, 2021, 14:30 The Warmer Homes Scheme has experienced sever backlogs since the arrival of Covid-19.
Warmer Homes Scheme goes cold
A county councillor has described how many elderly people must wait 18 months in cold, damp houses due to massive backlogs in the Warmer Homes Scheme.
Carrigaline Cllr Seamus McGrath was responding to a motion at this week’s full council meeting calling on the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications Eamon Ryan to drastically speed up the process.
It is critical that proper insulation is put in place in line with a modern day standard of living, the Fianna Fáil councillor said.
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