SEAI grants 2026: every amount, rule and step

The heat-pump total combines the unit, any eligible central-heating upgrades and scrappage support; not every installation qualifies for all three. Existing heat-pump replacements have different limits: see the heat-pump breakdown. The Dublin RAS solar pilot has separate conditions.

Enhanced attic support is for eligible first-time buyers, homeowners on qualifying welfare payments or eligible active HAP/RAS properties. Check SEAI’s qualifying welfare payments and first-time-buyer and HAP/RAS attic rules.

For Better Energy Homes (BEH), the application form limits the standard €50 BER grant to once per home, with other qualifying measures funded and no previous BER grant application. SEAI’s application guide lists a higher €280 rate for qualifying welfare homeowners; it is not €280 plus €50. First-time-buyer or HAP/RAS status alone does not establish the higher BER rate. If you or a previous owner applied for a BER grant before, confirm the applicable rate and conditions with SEAI. A later upgrade may still require a BER without another contribution. See BER funding conditions. Checked 18 October 2026.

• 3 February: the heat pump grant rose from €6,500 to a bundle worth up to €12,500, and attic and cavity wall grants increased. Open applications got the higher amounts.
• New windows and doors grant: up to €4,000 for windows and €800 per door, announced on 27 January.
• First-time buyers: a higher attic grant of up to €2,500 for homes bought on or after 1 January 2025.
• Qualifying welfare payments: higher attic and cavity wall grants, without losing a place on the Warmer Homes list.
• Second wall grant: homes that had cavity or internal insulation can now claim a second wall measure.
• Islands: island homeowners may get extra grant support from February 2026.
• 24 May: the BER scale was simplified to A0 to G. The standard One Stop Shop target of B2 became B.
• Solar: the standard solar PV grant remains up to €1,800 for 2026; separate enhanced support applies in qualifying cases.
• 29 September: the Government approved a €2,000 boiler scrappage grant, a €600 home battery grant and solar grants for homes built before 2025. SEAI made the boiler scrappage grant part of the heat pump grant, now up to €14,500 for a house, and opened the rest on 6 October. See the next section.
• 6 October, Budget 2027: over €650 million for SEAI home and community energy upgrades in 2027, a record. It announced no other change to SEAI’s home grant amounts.

On 29 September 2026 the Government approved a package of new and bigger grants. The boiler scrappage grant is part of SEAI’s heat pump grant, in the table above, and the rest opened on 6 October 2026.

• Who can apply: homeowners, landlords, holiday home owners, companies, owner management companies, charities and approved housing bodies (varies slightly by grant).
• An MPRN and grant history: the home needs an electricity meter number. Previous grants can affect eligibility, including work funded for an earlier owner. The rules vary by measure: use the previous-grants checklist.
• Registered contractor: the work must be done by a contractor registered with SEAI for that type of work.
• Approval first: for planned work, apply and accept your grant offer before work starts. SEAI publishes a specific provision for some windows and doors already ordered or started; check the windows and doors timing guidance with SEAI before relying on grant support.
• Traditional homes (typically solid walls, built before 1940) can get attic, heating controls, solar thermal and solar PV grants individually, and can check the Traditional Homes Pilot conditions for wider upgrades.
• No boiler grants: SEAI does not fund new or replacement oil or gas boilers.