Danny Healy-Rae (Kerry, Independent) | Oireachtas source

The Taoiseach and the Government continuously advise people to buy electric cars. They tell us that we have to do it. I know of one girl in Killarney, among several others, who bought an electric car. She lives in a housing estate. She has asked for a kerbside charging point because she has a lead coming out of her letter box which crosses the public footpath. She is afraid that she will be liable if someone trips or something happens with the lead on the public footpath. The council indicated it would provide a grant of €10,000 for the kerbside charging point, but the overall cost would be €26,000.

The council could not make up the other €16,000. The killer point for this customer is that she would have to pay €5,000 every year, €2,500 of which is a standing charge and €2,500 for a service contract. On top of that she must pay the provider for whatever electricity she uses.

See this speech in context