Dáil debates

Tuesday, 4 March 2025

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions

Electric Vehicles

9:00 pm

Photo of Pa DalyPa Daly (Kerry, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

The Government has ambitious targets when it comes to electric vehicles. Approximately 195,000 are supposed to be on the road by the end of 2025, growing to 845,000 by 2030. There is nothing wrong with that but with only 80,000 electric vehicles currently on the road, reaching these targets at the current rate of progress is a practical impossibility. If we do not meet the 2030 targets, the taxpayer could be footing a bill of up to €26 billion, according to the report today from the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council and the Climate Change Advisory Council.

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