Shalom, good news that you are officially "in the process". Mine started with a BER assessor which as I expected had the lowest BER rating possible because of the age of the house, lack of insulation etc. This was followed by a surveyor visit which resulted in a formal report to the SEAI detailing the surveyor's recommendations in order to bring the house up to an acceptable BER rating. Once this is done they, SEAI, allocate a contractor from their approved list to carry out the work. The main contractor then appoints sub contractors to undertake the various work some of which also he will do himself. From the surveyors report to the allocation of the contractor can take 2/3 months. My contractor was allocated about 2 months ago and so far vents have been added to the roof and walls and a new condensing boiler installed. Next stage is getting replacement for the very poor timber windows which is proving somewhat problematical as the prices being charged by sub-contractors would appear to be far greater than the amount SEAI allocate for same. Once this is done, whenever that might be, the insulation will be put in and the external wall dry-lining.
Any more detailed questions - ask away!