Housing grants schemes are generally the responsibility of my colleague, the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government. I have neither plans nor funds to introduce a grant scheme of the type suggested in the question.
Sustainable Energy Ireland, SEI, which was established as a statutory agency in May 2002, implements initiatives on renewable energy and energy efficiency on behalf of my Department. Under SEI's house of tomorrow research, development & demonstration programme, solar heating panels are one of a number of energy technologies eligible for support in the context of an integrated set of measures comprising a whole-house energy efficiency solution. This programme is open to demonstration projects involving clusters of five or more homes. Funding is available on a limited scale for whole-house measures at a rate of up to €5,000 per house in such developments.