The SEAI grants playbook

There's up to €30,000+ available per home to make it warmer and cheaper to run — and if you're on the right payment, a full upgrade can be completely free. Here's how the SEAI grants fit together and how to claim them without getting lost.

The free route: Warmer Homes Scheme

If you receive certain payments — Fuel Allowance, Jobseeker's Allowance (6+ months), One-Parent Family Payment, Disability Allowance, Carer's Allowance, or a means-tested payment with a child under 7 — you may qualify for a fully-funded upgrade. SEAI manages the whole thing: insulation, heating, sometimes windows and doors, at zero cost to you.

The pay-and-claim route: Individual Energy Upgrades

Every homeowner can claim individual grants and combine them. Approximate maximum amounts (2026):

• Heat pump: up to €14,500, or €11,500 for an apartment. It is up to €10,500 for the pump, up to €2,000 for radiators or underfloor heating, and a €2,000 boiler scrappage grant for removing an oil or gas boiler, solid fuel or electric storage heating. That last part is also paid if you have no central heating
• Wall insulation (cavity, external or internal): up to €8,000. If you have already had one wall insulation grant, you can now apply for a second wall measure
• Attic insulation: up to €2,000 — up to €2,500 for first-time buyers and homeowners on qualifying welfare payments
• Windows: up to €4,000, and doors: up to €1,600
• Solar electricity (PV): up to €1,800
• Solar water heating: up to €1,200
• Heating controls: up to €700

Combine the right measures and the total can reach €30,000+. The smart move is to sequence them — insulate first so a smaller, cheaper heat pump does the job.

Who qualifies for SEAI grants?

It depends which route you take:

• Individual upgrade grants (insulation, heat pump, solar) — open to any homeowner whose home was built and occupied before the cut-off year (currently 2011 for most measures; 2021 for solar PV). No means test.
• Warmer Homes (the free scheme) — for homeowners on a qualifying payment: Fuel Allowance, Working Family Payment, Jobseeker's Allowance (6+ months), One-Parent Family Payment, Disability Allowance, Carer's Allowance, Domiciliary Care Allowance, or a means-tested payment with a child under 7.
• Pensioners: there's no upper age limit. On Fuel Allowance? You may get the free Warmer Homes upgrade. If not, you can still claim the standard individual grants like any homeowner.
• Landlords: can claim individual grants for qualifying properties, but not the free Warmer Homes scheme.

How to apply, step by step

Common questions

Grant names and amounts change — always confirm the current figures on SEAI.ie before committing to works.

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