Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 13 July 2022

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport

Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure Strategy: Discussion

Dr. Aoife O'Grady:

We have several priorities. Before I comment on infrastructure specifically, I would like to return to the discussion we had earlier about perception. People feel that now is not the right time to switch to EVs. We want to run a public engagement and awareness piece about what an EV is really like. We will be working on a consumer and stakeholder engagement piece. In regard to infrastructure provision, there are three or four priorities for us. The home-charging scheme is running well. That is well managed by the SEAI. We will expand that to look at apartment charging. We have already said that. Some local authorities have already developed their EV strategies. For example, the Dublin ones have said they will roll out approximately 600 charging points by 2025 in the Dublin metropolitan area. They have developed that strategy so we want to work with them to begin to support and deliver that infrastructure.

Comments

No comments

Log in or join to post a public comment.