Jack Chambers (Dublin West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I thank the officials for coming before us. I am looking for clarity on the 2025 target for the provision of infrastructure for electric vehicles. Is that the end date for implementation? When does the Department expect it to be delivered? I fear that there will be an infrastructural deficit at a time when the market will have geared up. We may find that core infrastructure is behind a market that has advanced. Can the Department accelerate the timeline beyond what is included in the directive? Is there a way to fast-track the consultation process to ensure the infrastructure will be in place? I believe we will see huge acceleration by 2020. We do not want the places in which people live not to have been retrofitted. I would hate to think that in ten years' time the reason people will not be using electric vehicles or able to get one is that we failed to retrofit the infrastructure soon enough.