SEAI’s individual grants sit under Home Energy Grants / Better Energy Homes. Citizens Information publishes the same scheme in plain English: Better Energy Homes scheme. Amounts below follow those pages as of 2026. SEAI can change a table without this catalogue noticing — open the official page the week you sign.
Grant amounts (2026)
Attic insulation: €2,000 detached; €1,500 semi-d / end terrace; €1,400 mid-terrace; €1,100 apartment. First-time buyers and some qualifying welfare payments can go higher (up to €2,500 detached). Cavity wall, internal lining, external wrap, windows, doors, heating controls and heat pumps have their own rows on the SEAI table.
Heat pump systems: up to €12,500 for a house and €9,500 for an apartment, as a bundle (unit + central-heating upgrades + renewable-heat bonus where you replace oil, gas, solid fuel or inefficient electric heat). Air-to-air is listed separately at €7,500. Source: SEAI heat pump grants (increase noted 3 February 2026).
Who can apply
Owner-occupiers and many private landlords. Insulation and heating-control measures generally need a home built and occupied before 2011; heat pumps and some renewables have a later cut-off on the SEAI page. You cannot claim the same measure twice.
How a typical claim runs
1. Check the live grant list. 2. Get a contractor who is registered for that measure. 3. Apply before or as SEAI currently requires — do not start work on a guess. 4. Keep the invoice with labour split out. 5. Complete any BER SEAI asks for.
Common refusals
Unregistered contractor; work started too early; invoice that lumps a bathroom refit with “insulation”; a BER that does not match the measure; applying for a grant you already used.
Dublin, Cork, Galway
The grant is national and fixed. What changes by city is the bill, not the grant. SCSI 2025/26 rebuild rates (insurance, not a roof quote) put a 3-bed terrace around €3,130/m² in Dublin versus about €2,707 in Cork and €2,760 in Galway — a reminder that labour and access in Dublin run higher. Source: SCSI house rebuild calculator.
Then look at local businesses
Open insulation, heat pumps or electricians, then pick a town such as Dublin, Cork or Galway. A city × trade list page is only published when that grid has at least ten businesses.