Brian Leddin (Limerick City, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

I thank Ms Lennon. It is about more than the 0.9 megatonnes gap. A lot of the journeys we envisage being made by the 845,000 EVs could be made by even more sustainable modes. The potential in this regard is vast. I am not saying it is necessarily straightforward. We have to build the networks in all our villages, towns and cities in order that people can feel safe getting onto a bike, e-bike or e-cargo bike. If we accept that the potential here is huge, because anything in the 0 km to 8 km range is comfortably cyclable, then we probably would not need to be so ambitious in our EV target, which is, as everybody would agree, very ambitious and very costly to the State.