HOW TO HIRE · ELECTRICAL · CHECKED OCTOBER 2026
Hiring an electrician in Ireland
Safe Electric registration is the law. Here is how to check it.
32 guides for hiring electricians in Ireland, each one checked against the regulator, the statute or the official consumer guidance, with the sources and the month at the end. What to check, what to ask, what a fair quote looks like and what you should be handed when the job is done.
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Grouped the way you would ask for them. Every guide covers the checks, the questions and the quote for that job — then takes you to the electricians who cover your area.
Booked by the job: a scope, a written quote and a company answerable for the result.
Booked by the job: a scope, a written quote and a company answerable for the result.
Booked by the job: a scope, a written quote and a company answerable for the result.
Booked by the job: a scope, a written quote and a company answerable for the result.
Booked by the job: a scope, a written quote and a company answerable for the result.
Booked by the job: a scope, a written quote and a company answerable for the result.
What every electrical guide covers
The checks before you book
The Safe Electric register, Completion Certificate and public liability, and trader status under the Consumer Rights Act 2022 — each guide says which of them applies to its own job.
The questions worth asking
Six to eight questions for the job — what is included, who actually comes, what happens if something is damaged — each with what a good answer from an electrician sounds like.
What a fair quote looks like
What the written quote should contain, the warning signs, and what you should be handed when the job is done — the invoice, and the Completion Certificate where the job produces one.
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How these guides are made
Questions people ask
Yes, for the work this register covers. Safe Electric is required by law, run by the Electrical Safety Supervisory Body (ESSB) on behalf of the Commission for Regulation of Utilities (CRU). Each guide links to the register so you can check a name against it before you book.
The work itself, what is not included, the materials, the call-out if there is one, the dates, and the total with VAT shown separately. The quote should state the VAT rate; most work in this family is at 13.5%, so a price 'plus VAT' is that much dearer than it looks. In writing before anyone starts — a message on Locufy counts.
Completion Certificate, issued by the Registered Electrical Contractor, on completion of restricted works, once tested. Keep it: it records that the work met the national wiring rules and was tested, and it is asked for on sale, remortgage and insurance. Plus the invoice and any guarantee.
Say what is wrong in writing first: under the Consumer Rights Act 2022 a service must be carried out with reasonable skill and care, and work that is not must be put right. If that fails, the Small Claims procedure handles consumer claims up to €2,000.
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