Ciarán Ahern (Dublin South West, Labour) | Oireachtas source

It is encouraging to hear that. To the extent the Minister might be considering refreshing the EV grants, I hope it will be purely for EVs rather than hybrids. The transport sector is wildly off course. We feel there is a need for accelerated and urgent demand management measures and the implementation of ambitious active travel and public transport measures that can bridge the emissions gap by 2030. The Minister said we have reduced emissions, but we are required to reduce them by 20% over the period 2021 to 2025 and by 50% from 2025 to 2030. We would query how the building of additional roads rather than opting for more sustainable measures such as rail and light rail infrastructure is going to help us reach those targets.

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