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:

I would agree. I think it is challenging for local authorities because of what we are actually asking them to do. What the State is having to do is step into a space in which it has never acted before. We never got involved in the refuelling of cars. It has always been a private sector operation. The State is now stepping into a space in which State activity or intervention has never been needed. For local authorities then, this is not something with which they are tasked or in which they are skilled or have expertise. We have been working with some local authorities who are out ahead of the game. Tipperary County Council has been engaging with us. The four Dublin authorities have come together to develop a Dublin metropolitan area EV infrastructure proposal. We are also working with local authorities in Limerick, Cork and Galway. What we see-----

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