Removing Vat for installing solar panels 'would save households €700'

Under a directive adopted by the European Council earlier this year, member states have the ability to lower Vat on solar panels on housing to between 0% and 5%.

The Government has been urged to give “as many incentives as possible” to people retrofitting their homes, as campaigners called for a Vat cut on solar panels and similar measures in the upcoming budget.

Under the grants available from the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI), funding is provided for a wide range of retrofitting options as part of Government plans targeting hundreds of thousands of homes.