Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 17 September 2019
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment
Post Office Closures: An Post
Mr. Garrett Bridgeman:
We have very ambitious plans for our electric fleet and we have the largest electric fleet in the country. These are not just electric vans, of which we have more than 100 to deliver to all houses and businesses between the canals because, in suburban areas, we have electric trikes for deliveries, which are large electric-assisted bicycles. By the end of this year, we will have over 200 electric vehicles operating in the cities. We will extend to Cork later this year and to all other cities by the end of next year. We also have an order for over 750 electric vehicles over the next 12 months so we are being very aggressive, even in comparison with other postal services in Europe against which we benchmark as a leader. We are very proud of that as it goes to the core of what An Post is about. It is about being a force for good and is about sustainability for generations to come.