Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 19 November 2025
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport
National Roads, Light Rail and Metro: Discussion
2:00 am
Pa Daly (Kerry, Sinn Fein)
On electric vehicle, EV, charging points, there is not enough of a take-up of EVs. I know that if people in Kerry want to have a car that is reliable, affordable and efficient, which would take them to Dublin without having to stop too many times, there need to be enough charging points on the route. Many people are choosing not to go down the line of purchasing a car that will not use fossil fuels because they cannot be guaranteed that this will happen. I see there are 3,000-plus public points and 516 more are planned. What are Mr. O'Connor's plans to accelerate that, to make it easier for people not to have to stop and wait for half an hour and break their journey?
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