Aindrias Moynihan (Cork North West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Minister for the overview and very detailed response. It is a financial hit on people now more than ever due to the pressure from the cost of living and fuel prices. The electric car charging network has not been rolled out as we would have liked. Someone travelling around the Cork and Kerry region, or anywhere in the country, will be under pressure to find public charging points. I appreciate the Minister's point about the measure being flagged. Is there an opportunity at this point to delay it and give people some further time to change over? Cathal, for example, is down €44 a week. He drove throughout the pandemic servicing supermarkets as an essential provider. The cost now hitting people is very challenging. Is there an opportunity to delay this?

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