Ms Deirdre Hanlon:

This is where co-operation between the two Departments and the NTA comes into play. The work that the NTA is doing on the development of park-and-ride sites, for example, involves integration with public transport services and the provision of charging facilities. We are also providing an incentive, through the funding that is available under the carbon tax measure, for the installation of fast chargers for taxis at public transport hubs. The idea is that people use various modes of transport to get to those hubs and such facilities will assist in integrating the different modes of transport. We have looked at targeting some of the incentives for electric vehicles at the taxi industry because that would have a leadership impact. Lots of people use taxis and could be exposed to an electric vehicle experience in that way.