Kieran O'Donnell (Limerick City, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I looked through the Estimates and an interesting thing struck me on page 152 about electric vehicles. The number of new grant-aided vehicles purchased will go from 6,000 to 18,000 this year. There were 5,000 or some huge number purchased in January. That would represent a threefold increase.

The number of grant-aided electric vehicle charging points has only doubled from 400. Could there be an acceleration of the roll-out of charging points in terms of their location and the speed at which people can charge? There is a public appetite to switch to electric vehicles. It is clearly evident. One of the features people mention is the lack of charging points. There is a level of insecurity that people may not be able to make a full trip without stopping at a charging point. The journey from Limerick to Dublin is an example. What can be done to expedite the roll-out of charging points?