Ms Laura Behan:

There are a number of fast-charging units which have been made available by ESB ecars, under the existing 900 publicly-available electric vehicle charge points in Ireland. The Deputy is correct. There are a number of fast chargers, as well as slow chargers, unfortunately, available at motorway service stops. Clearly, we will have to invest more in the fast-charging network. ESB indicated last week that it might make an application to the Government's climate fund for assistance to roll out a new fast-charging network. As the climate fund closed for applications on Monday, we are hopeful that this may be the case.