Denis Naughten (Roscommon-Galway, Independent) | Oireachtas source

-----in place in Norway. If we had the resources and oil reserves that Norway has we could put those types of resources in place. There was an interesting report in our national newspapers recently which said that by 2022 it will make financial sense for most drivers to drive an electric vehicle. We need to encourage people to move away from conventional vehicles. I myself drive a hybrid and I am sure Deputy Dooley does the same. We need to lead by example. The AA recently carried out a survey which showed that 10% of people are likely to buy either a hybrid or an electric vehicle the next time out. We want to encourage people to move to electric vehicles. That is why we are rolling out this demonstrator project, which will involve car sharing, which is a bit like the dublinbikes scheme, which has been a huge success. We will be doing it in Dublin and Cork to encourage people to try out these vehicles. We will run this road show right across the country so that people can try them out and we will engage with the commercial companies in respect of commercial fleets.

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