Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 25 June 2025

Select Committee on Transport

Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 31 - Transport (Revised)

2:00 am

Photo of Darragh O'BrienDarragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal East, Fianna Fail)

We have published that in the national plan insofar as there is a phased roll-out between now and 2030. If the Deputy is asking me whether I have a target for when I am going to reach 13 per 10,000, I do not have that here in front of me but I will supply it to the Deputy.

The Deputy raised the matter of grants for rural dwellers, rightly so. I am assessing options with regard to EV grants. We have seen a 23% uptick in new registrations in quarter 1 of this year. I am looking at options around lower middle income families and also rural dwellers, in particular options around the grant. That will not necessarily mean an increase in the overall EV grant envelope but, shall we say, a more focused grant. I am working through that at the moment. Should I get agreement to make those changes, I will be bringing them forward later in the year.

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