Laois Offaly to get new retrofitting training centres of excellence for household insulation
To be focused on Bord na Móna employees to help householders insulate homes
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Laois Offaly is set to get a new centre of excellence which will train people to make houses more efficient and help householders save money in energy bills.
Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, Simon Harris TD, has confirmed four retrofitting centres of excellence are to open within the next three months under the Education and Training board umbrella.
The centres of excellence will open in Limerick and Clare ETB, Mayo Sligo and Leitrim ETB, Cork ETB, and Laois and Offaly ETB.
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Focus of new midlands retrofitting centre of excellence to be on Bord na Móna employees
The particular focus of the new retrofitting centre of excellence in the midlands will be on Bord na Móna employees, according to Minister Simon Harris.
The Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science has this week confirmed that four retrofitting centres of excellence are to open within the next three months.
The centres of excellence will open in Limerick and Clare Education and Training Board (ETB); Mayo, Sligo and Leitrim ETB; Cork ETB; and Laois and Offaly ETB.
Ambitious targets
Minister Harris announces four new retrofitting centres of excellence
Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, Simon Harris TD, has confirmed four retrofitting centres of excellence are to open within the next three months.
The centres of excellence will open in Limerick and Clare ETB, Mayo Sligo and Leitrim ETB, Cork ETB, and Laois and Offaly ETB.
Minister Harris said: Retrofitting involves making homes more energy efficient and helping you to save money on your electricity bills. The government has set ambitious targets to retrofit 300,000 homes by 2030 but we need to ensure we have the workers to deliver it.