Home improvement grants in Ireland

SEAI and your local council can pay towards insulation, heat pumps, solar panels, windows, adapting a home, lead pipes, septic tanks, wells, EV chargers and bringing an empty home back to life. Here's what each grant pays, who qualifies, and what paperwork your contractor needs to give you.

  • Official maximums, with links to the source
  • Which grants need approval before work starts
  • The trades who do the work

Checked October 2026. Amounts are "up to" figures and can change.

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Energy upgrades

SEAI grants are fixed amounts per measure, paid after the work is done and a post-works BER is published. The contractor must be SEAI registered for the measure.

SEAI heat pump grant

Up to €14,500 for a detached house

A fixed grant towards a heat pump system, extra radiators and scrapping your old boiler, installed by an SEAI registered contractor.

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SEAI insulation grants

Up to €8,000 external wall, detached house

Fixed grants for attic, cavity wall, internal wall (dry lining) and external wall insulation in homes built before 2011.

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SEAI solar panel grant

Up to €1,800 solar PV

A fixed grant towards solar panels that make electricity (solar PV), and a separate grant for solar water heating.

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SEAI windows and doors grant

Up to €4,000 complete window upgrade

Fixed grants for replacing all the windows in a home built before 2011, and up to two external doors.

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Warmer Homes

Fully funded

Free upgrades for people on qualifying welfare payments. SEAI uses its own contractors, so there is nothing to book or invoice.

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Older people and accessibility

Council grants to adapt or repair the home of an older person or someone with a disability. Your council approves the itemised quote before any work starts.

Housing Adaptation Grant for People with a Disability

Up to €40,000

A council grant to adapt a home so a person with a disability can live there, such as a ground-floor bathroom or bedroom, ramps or wider doors.

Your local council

Housing Aid for Older People

Up to €10,700

A council grant for essential repairs and improvements to an older person's home, such as roof repairs, windows, heating or rewiring.

Your local council

Mobility Aids Grant

Up to €8,000

Smaller works such as grab rails, ramps and stairlifts. It follows the same steps as the Housing Aid for Older People grant.

Your local council

Water and wastewater

Council grants for lead pipes, septic tanks and private wells. Each council runs its own process, so talk to them before you book the work.

Domestic Lead Remediation Grant

Up to €5,000

A council grant towards replacing lead water pipes inside your property boundary.

Your local council

Septic tank grant

Up to €12,000 85% of the cost

A council grant of 85% of the cost, up to €12,000, to fix or replace a septic tank or other domestic waste water treatment system.

Your local council

Private well grant

Up to 85% cap varies by council

A council grant of 85% of the approved cost of a new well, pump or water treatment, with a cap set by each council.

Your local council (rural water section)

Vacant and derelict homes

The Vacant Property Refurbishment Grant, run by councils under the Department of Housing, is one of the largest grants open to homeowners in Ireland.

Vacant Property Refurbishment Grant

Up to €50,000 €70,000 if derelict

A council grant to refurbish a home that has been empty for two years or more, so you can live in it or let it.

Your local council, under the Department of Housing

Derelict property top-up grant

Up to €70,000 €84,000 on islands

An extra €20,000 on top of the Vacant Property Refurbishment Grant when a structural engineer confirms the home is derelict.

Your local council, under the Department of Housing

EV charging

A fixed SEAI grant towards a home charge point, installed by a Safe Electric registered contractor.

SEAI EV home charger grant

Up to €300

A fixed SEAI grant towards a home charge point for an electric car, fitted by a Safe Electric registered contractor.

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Before you book the work

For trades doing grant work

SEAI and councils send claims back when an invoice is missing a detail. See what each grant asks contractors for, from your SEAI ID to council cost categories.

What your grant invoice must show

What your quotes, invoices and certificates must show so your customer's grant isn't sent back.

Read the checklist

Questions about home grants

Which grants need approval before work starts?

Most of them. SEAI grants need a grant offer before work starts. Council grants such as the Vacant Property Refurbishment Grant, the Housing Adaptation Grant, Housing Aid for Older People and the private well grant need the council's approval first. Work that starts too early usually isn't covered.

Can I combine grants?

Often, yes. You can claim several SEAI measures on one home, for example insulation, windows and a heat pump. A measure SEAI has already funded can't be claimed again under the Vacant Property Refurbishment Grant.

Are these amounts guaranteed?

No. They are the official maximums, checked in October 2026. What you get depends on your home, the work and, for council grants, your income. SEAI, the Department of Housing and councils change the rules, so check the official source before you apply.

Does my contractor need to be registered?

For SEAI home energy grants the contractor must be SEAI registered for the measure. The EV charger grant needs a Safe Electric registered contractor. Council grants ask for the contractor's tax clearance.

Is the Home Renovation Incentive still open?

No. Revenue's Home Renovation Incentive closed, and no claims can be made for work done after 31 December 2018.