John McGahon (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

My first three questions are for Mr. Cooke. What measures need to be taken to improve the second-hand electric vehicle market in Ireland? Second, what is the motor industry doing to facilitate investment and accessibility? Third, when we talk about electric vehicles, the focus is usually on getting private motorists to consider buying them. What is being done to encourage the owners of commercial vehicles, including taxis and lorries, to switch to EVs? I am interested to know what the engagement has been with the commercial side of the sector.

I have another question that might be more suitably addressed to the representatives from the ESB. I only encountered this issue recently. For people living in an apartment block or housing that does not have a private laneway, there is no way to install an electric vehicle charging point. Thousands of people in apartments will not be able to avail of an EV unless their management company has decided to put a charging point or two within the development, which is not the case everywhere, and it is a free-for-all to access them. What is best practice elsewhere on the Continent in terms of providing electric vehicle charging points for people living in apartment blocks or who do not have a private driveway on which one can be installed? What is the solution for those people and what do we need to start doing to make sure they can avail of electric vehicles?