The SEAI home charger grant is €300. It was €600 until 1 January 2024, when the maximum was halved. SEAI's grant page, still gives up to €300 and lists no end date for the scheme (SEAI).
Key points
| When | What changed |
|---|---|
| June 2021 | The home charger grant was opened to company car users. It was worth up to €600 at the time. |
| 1 January 2024 | The maximum grant fell from €600 to €300. |
| April 2026 | The €300 was unchanged since the January 2024 cut. |
| 29 October 2026 | SEAI's page offers "up to the value of €300" and gives no closing date. |
The grant now covers less of a typical job. A typical 7 kW home install runs €1,000 to €1,500 before the grant and €700 to €1,200 after it. It doesn't say whether those figures include VAT.
| Typical 7 kW install | Before the grant | After €300 |
|---|---|---|
| Low end | €1,000 | €700 |
| High end | €1,500 | €1,200 |
Every installed price we have, charger by charger, is on our EV charger installation cost page.
SEAI's page gives no end date. €300 is expected for 2027; 2028 and 2029 are to be confirmed. That is a forecast, not an SEAI announcement. If you're planning a charger, the safe assumption is that the grant can change at short notice, as it did in January 2024, so apply when you're ready rather than waiting.
Apartment blocks. SEAI runs a separate apartment charging grant for owners' management companies, build-to-rent companies, local authorities and approved housing bodies. It pays up to 80% of infrastructure costs for a management company plus €600 per charge point, capped at €5,000 per dwelling or €100,000 per development (SEAI). See apartments and renters.
Taxis. The National Transport Authority's eSPSV26 scheme opened on 25 February 2026 with €7 million for taxi, hackney and limousine owners buying electric vehicles (National Transport Authority). It is a vehicle grant, not a charger grant. See business and taxi.
The car itself. The SEAI purchase grant for the car is a different scheme. The purchase grant and VRT relief are confirmed only to the end of 2026.
Plenty of installer and news pages written before 2024 still quote €600, and some list "after grant" prices worked out from it. If a quote shows a €600 deduction, ask for it to be redone at €300. The grant is paid to you by SEAI after the job, not knocked off the invoice, so the installer's price should be the same either way.
Changes are usually announced before they take effect, as the January 2024 cut was. The figure that counts is the one on your Letter of Offer: once SEAI issues an offer, its terms apply to your job. That is one more reason to apply before you book the installer.
Tell us where you are and we come back with a fixed written price, with the grant shown separately.
No cost, no obligation. We price the job and introduce you to a Safe Electric registered electrical contractor. We are not an electrical contractor ourselves.
On 1 January 2024. The maximum SEAI home charger grant fell from €600 to €300.
Up to €300 towards the charger and its installation, according to SEAI's page.
SEAI's page gives no end date. €300 is expected for 2027, but that is a forecast, not an SEAI announcement.
No. It's a separate scheme for management companies: up to 80% of infrastructure costs for an owners' management company, plus €600 per charge point, capped at €5,000 per dwelling or €100,000 per development.
No. You still need the Letter of Offer before work starts, a charger from SEAI's register, a Safe Electric registered electrician, and one charger per MPRN.
