John O'Mahony (Mayo, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Ms Graham mentioned the charges that are to be introduced relating to electric cars. Was it signalled at the beginning that there would be a period of no charge? I heard a suggestion that the events at Volkswagen would kick off a real engagement with electric cars. There was a lot of publicity over the charges and it was stated that the charges for electric cars would be only minimally different from those for diesel cars. We are to have a presentation on this matter later, so I would be grateful if Ms Graham could broaden our knowledge of that issue.