James O'Connor (Cork East, Fianna Fail)
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189. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if assistance will be provided under the SEAI solar panel grant scheme to person (details supplied) experiencing significant electricity bills due to a medical condition; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46978/25]

Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal East, Fianna Fail)
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The Solar PV for the Medically Vulnerable Scheme is a targeted scheme for the installation of solar photovoltaic (PV) panels for customers/households who are registered on the life support category of the Priority Services Register. These homes have a dependence on electrically powered equipment, including medical equipment, life protecting devices and assistive technologies for example dialysis machines, respirators, etc. As such, these households may have a higher energy demand than the average user and this scheme is designed to go some way towards helping to reduce those energy costs.

In relation to household mentioned in the deputies question, they must first register Priority Services Register with their supplier at which point their supplier can enquire with SEAI about eligibility for the grant.

The scheme is operated by the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) in conjunction with Energy Suppliers, with each Energy Supplier contacting their own eligible customers directly, in line with the work plans for their Solar PV Installers. Since the scheme became available, a total of 279 medically vulnerable homeowners had installations completed by their supplier.