Ruairi Ó Murchú (Louth, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Some means of bridging the gap is necessary. That makes sense, leaving out the supply chain issue. Let us accept the extension of the ten-year rule by an extra five years. In fairness, the three-year rule is a bit mad if someone is doing what he or she has been forced to do. The question is whether we can bridge that gap. Outside of that, is the grant scheme fit for purpose?

As Mr McGuinness touched upon, the other point is that a person's licence could go inactive while he or she is waiting on the electric vehicle, EV, and that would exclude him or her from the grant. Basically, if I put a deposit on a car, I could be waiting six months. The National Transport Authority, NTA, is telling me I have the grant up until December but my licence might run out in November. What I am basically saying is that it should be allowed to be used on a licence that has expired as well so that a guy who wants to come back into the business can use an expired licence or someone who has been forced out of the business can come back in with an expired licence.