Dr. Aoife O'Grady:

There are two issues. One is that from the perspective of the Government, what we are trying to do is right-size the EV infrastructure. It may be that the private sector is also willing to come in to enhance and add to that. For the Department of Transport, there are questions and queries as to what is the right level of Government investment. We will look to identify strategic locations for the provision of EV charging infrastructure. If investment comes forward in a situation where people see a gap in the market and look to install something, if their proposal does not match our strategic locations then they are free to do it. However, I know there is a concern on the ESB Networks side about oversupply and over-demand, with a lot of substations, a lot of generation and a lot of cost needed to go into the securing of the energy supply in the electricity network. That is the risk on that side.