Richard Boyd Barrett (Dún Laoghaire, People Before Profit Alliance) | Oireachtas source

What they are looking for is a direct line to talk to the Department and to the Minister on an ongoing basis. That is the way to address issues both for the drivers and for the public, rather than having to do through this body that is just not functioning for the industry, or for anybody really. That is important.

On the issue of EVs, the point has been made to me and the committee that drivers cannot get the vehicles. It is one thing having the grant, but drivers cannot get the EVs. Do the witnesses think the Government should play a more proactive role in actually trying to secure the vehicles for drivers?