Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 9 March 2023

Public Accounts Committee

2021 Financial Statements of the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland: Discussion

9:30 am

Photo of Brian StanleyBrian Stanley (Laois-Offaly, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Just a second. We know that from the figures we got last year. The point is that a lot of those big EVs are being purchased by people who have a bus stop not too far from their front door, a tram passing very near to them or cycle lanes. We see a lot of them driving in on such routes in the morning, whereas someone down the country is paying high carbon taxes.

A lot of low-paid workers in particular are stuck with diesel cars and they will be stuck with diesel or petrol cars for a long time to come because of the affordability issue. They are paying the high carbon taxes and they do not have public transport available to them. I understand that we cannot have the same level of public transport everywhere because population density is an issue. A lot of improvements also need to be made to connect up towns and villages. The number of EVs that are being bought and subvented per county is my issue. If Dr. O'Grady does not have that detail with her, could we get a table on that?

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