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

We need to get some understanding of the whole issue of the grid and the ESB. There are technical issues, but the one thing that is coming across from the general public is there is a major appetite for the purchase of electric cars. People are now, in many cases, holding back. There is a tide in the affairs of men and, at present, electric vehicles are something the public has very much bought into, but there is a reluctance in some quarters regarding how far they can go.