Written answers
Wednesday, 5 November 2025
Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
Grant Payments
Joe Neville (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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57. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of homes in Kildare North that have successfully received a solar electricity grant in the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60240/25]
Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal East, Fianna Fail)
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Grants are available through the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) for domestic installations of solar PV, up to a maximum of €1,800 in 2025. The SEAI does not collect data on the number of homes that received a solar PV grant by constituency. However, data for Kildare as a whole is provide in the following table.
| - | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Community Energy Grants | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| One Stop Shop | 3 | 12 | 26 | 28 | 69 | ||
| Solar PV | 190 | 295 | 629 | 1,166 | 1,475 | 1,386 | 5,141 |
| Total | 190 | 295 | 633 | 1,178 | 1,501 | 1,415 | 5,212 |
Notes:
Data for 2025 is until end October 2025
Data provided where available in existing SEAI systems
Data for individual constituencies is not currently readily available, so reporting is at the county level
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