Mr. Frank Barr:

I agree with Deputy Dooley's comment. It is our experience that there is not joined-up thinking. For instance, does one go to the Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment, the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport or the local authority? We were told by the ESB on occasion that some local authorities wanted money before they would allow chargers to be installed in their area. They saw this on a completely different basis from everybody else. There is a huge resistance in some councils, particularly in Dublin, to give over parking spaces for EVs because of the revenue they will lose if these bays are unoccupied some of the time. The joined-up thinking is not there but it needs to be there.

The infrastructure is super in some places. For example, there are chargers all along the N11, which is fabulous, but there are practically none on the N2, N3 and M3. I would struggle to get to Cavan whereas I would easily get to Rosslare. There is a lack of consistency in the network.