{"id":634203,"date":"2026-09-24T05:40:10","date_gmt":"2026-09-24T05:40:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/634203\/"},"modified":"2026-09-24T05:40:10","modified_gmt":"2026-09-24T05:40:10","slug":"boiler-scrappage-scheme-could-offer-grants-of-up-to-e14500-minister-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/634203\/","title":{"rendered":"Boiler scrappage scheme could offer grants of up to \u20ac14,500, minister says"},"content":{"rendered":"

People could receive up to \u20ac14,500 to replace older oil and kerosene boilers under a proposed new scrappage scheme, the environment minister has said.<\/p>\n

Darragh O\u2019Brien said he is seeking Cabinet approval for new grants, including one for battery storage and the proposed boiler scrappage scheme.<\/p>\n

\u201cA lot of people in the country, particularly in rural areas, are dependent on kerosene home heating oil, and we’ve seen the increases in prices particularly in that area,\u201d Mr O\u2019Brien said, speaking in New York.<\/p>\n

\u201cI’ll be bringing forward, subject to government approval, a boiler scrappage scheme will have grants of up to \u20ac14,500 to replace oil boilers, kerosene boilers with new technologies.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mr O\u2019Brien said the scheme would come as a \u201ctop up\u201d of the existing grants to install a heat pump.<\/p>\n

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Currently, people can receive up to \u20ac12,500 towards the installation of a heat pump in their home, including up to \u20ac6,500 for the heat-pump system itself.<\/p>\n

He said the new scheme would apply to boilers installed before a certain year, but did not specify which year.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s obviously end of life, but those details we\u2019ll be going through with Cabinet colleagues next week,\u201d Mr O\u2019Brien said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is not a short-term grant. I want to see us really help people who are on oil boilers and kerosene to be able to get away from those fossil fuels and to assist them in replacing the system that they have.\u201d <\/p>\n

Boiler scrappage scheme planned for January<\/p>\n

Mr O\u2019Brien said the scrappage scheme is planned to commence in January, adding that there is still some work to be completed.<\/p>\n

However, he said the Government would be able to move ahead \u201cpretty quickly\u201d with grants for domestic battery storage.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is this is a really good climate measure, but it’s a really good cost of living measure too. It makes a permanent difference in relation to fuel reduction and energy reduction and energy efficiency measures in the household, and it saves money,\u201d Mr O\u2019Brien said.<\/p>\n

Asked if the Government planned to increase grants for solar panels, Mr O\u2019Brien said that this is not on the agenda.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re looking to bring in new grants to support that,\u201d Mr O\u2019Brien said, referring to proposed battery grants.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat I want to do is that if you’ve been already approved for solar and you have solar that you will you will get your battery grant as well, which will allow for domestic storage.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat makes sense and it will make a real difference.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

Carbon tax discussions ongoing<\/p>\n

Asked about plans to postpone increases in carbon tax, Mr O\u2019Brien said discussions are ongoing within Government on the matter.<\/p>\n

He said it is difficult to lower the cost of home heating oil through the tax system, but reducing carbon tax on it would assist in that regard.<\/p>\n

Separately, Mr O\u2019Brien said work is ongoing within Government to make it easier for people to switch energy providers, with the issue being examined by the National Energy Affordability Taskforce.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s hundreds of euro that people can save if they know what the best tariff is out there in the market,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere are issues with transparency around bills as well, and people understanding the makeup of their bills and the charges within it.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"People could receive up to \u20ac14,500 to replace older oil and kerosene boilers under a proposed new scrappage…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":634204,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1153,8858,42,43,40,38,41,39],"class_list":["post-634203","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-sustainability","tag-energy-prices","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/634203","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=634203"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/634203\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/634204"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=634203"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=634203"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=634203"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}