Eamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

The symbol of one charging point for the Dáil is an example of why this is not the required scale of change. Perhaps people cannot see that at the moment. It is very hard to get an electric vehicle at the moment. A person who wants to buy one probably could not get one because the order book is so long. The whole world is going in this direction. That is now a rock solid guarantee. In two or three years, when all the manufacturers switch to electric, which is what they are doing, and the volume of cars is available, Irish households are going to be looking to do this.

It will not be one in Leinster House; it will be ten and then 100. That is what we should be thinking. It should not just be in Leinster House. Dublin city centre has approximately 10,000 public parking spaces. Apart from public servants, most workers no longer drive into the centre of Dublin. It is difficult in government sometimes, but the Minister should go to the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to ask for the resources to be allocated. Let us change every single public office, not just Leinster House. Let us start with the Department of Finance, not just in Agriculture House but in every public place because that is what is coming. However, it will not come fast enough if we only do it in one place. That is an example of the small thinking that is holding us back.

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