Electric Motorcycle and Moped Grant

Choose a new, SEAI-approved battery-electric model and variant in one of the two categories. It must have zero tailpipe carbon-dioxide emissions and be registered for the first time in Ireland. A vehicle already registered in Ireland or abroad, including a used import, is ineligible. Petrol motorcycles, hybrids and ordinary pedal-assisted electric bicycles are outside this offer.

Both categories require a vehicle warranty of at least two years or 50,000 km and a battery warranty of at least three years or 50,000 km. Buy through a dealer approved by SEAI and authorised by the importer to sell that model.

For an approved private application, the vehicle must be registered and taxed as private. It must remain in the private registration category for six months from the Letter of Offer date. Moving it into another registration category, such as company registration, rescinds the offer and prevents grant payment to the dealer.

Commercial purchases are subject to de minimis aid rules, which limit certain public support received by a business. The covered aid from Ireland must not exceed €300,000 for the business or its linked group over a rolling three-year period. Count aid when the legal right to receive it is awarded, rather than when it is paid. Aid from other Irish public bodies counts too. Award letters identify de minimis funding; declare earlier aid through the dealer’s application. SEAI withholds payment where the applicable limit would be exceeded.

A linked group, called a “single undertaking”, includes businesses connected through majority voting rights, the right to appoint or remove most board members, or a right to exercise dominant influence under a contract or constitutional documents. A shareholder or member controlling most votes through an agreement with others also creates a link. Indirect links count. Businesses whose only connection is to the same public body or bodies are not automatically grouped together; their independent decision-making must be considered.

The general de minimis rules exclude aid for primary farming, fishing and aquaculture production. A business with both excluded and eligible activities can receive aid for eligible activities only if activities or accounts are separated so the excluded activity does not benefit. Agricultural, fishery and aquaculture processing or marketing aid is excluded when fixed by the price or quantity of products bought or marketed. Agricultural processing or marketing aid is also excluded if it must be passed partly or wholly to primary producers. Export exclusions concern aid directly linked to export quantities, overseas distribution networks or other current export costs. Aid conditional on choosing domestic over imported goods or services is excluded. Combining public aid for the same costs must stay within the applicable aid limits.

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Restrições da rodada

• Apply through an approved dealer before first registration and motor taxation.
• Grant availability and payments are subject to available funding.
• Registration, taxation and complete payment claim must be within the Letter of Offer period.

Use SEAI’s dealer register to find a participating dealer, then agree the exact approved model, variant and full price breakdown. The dealer submits the application online; both you and the dealer must sign the application form. For commercial customers, the system asks for the purchaser’s VAT number. For a commercial purchase under a hire-purchase or leasing agreement, it asks for the leasing company’s VAT number.

The dealer must obtain the Letter of Offer before the vehicle is registered or taxed. Registration, first motor taxation and the complete payment claim must be within the offer period. This normally ends after four months or on 31 December of the approval year, whichever is earlier, unless SEAI states otherwise.

If the application names the wrong variant, the dealer must contact SEAI and submit a corrected application as directed. Do not assume it can be corrected after registration. If delivery is delayed beyond the offer period, the dealer must cancel the existing grant and reapply. A cancelled purchase also requires a cancellation request.

At handover, complete payment and the transfer of ownership, then sign the transaction document with the dealer. The dealer supplies the vehicle registration number, handover date, signed document and paid invoice. The invoice must identify you and the vehicle and show the starting price, VAT and VRT, discounts or trade-in, the grant deducted and final price, marked “Paid in Full”.

SEAI checks first registration, tax dates, the vehicle variant and the dealer’s tax clearance and insurance before paying. Grants are first come, first served within the available budget. If an annual payment budget is exhausted, dealer payments can be deferred and receive priority when further funds become available.

The dealer must monitor SEAI’s published terms; revisions can apply after submission unless the dealer withdraws the application or offer. The dealer must also allow SEAI access to its premises within seven days of a request, except where SEAI accepts exceptional circumstances. Breach can lead to cancellation or recovery from the dealer, with repayment due within one month of SEAI’s written demand.