Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I will certainly take on board what the Deputy said and make sure officials in the Department consider it. I am not doubting for a single moment the impact of the various measures she has suggested or what they could do to enhance the further take-up of EVs. We will certainly consider all of that in the coming weeks and months. I do, however, need to relate it back to the broader environment we are in, which she very well understands. We are at a point at which we are seeing a very big change take place in the economy of the world, which will have effects here in Ireland. We need to ensure that any changes we make in the tax code are affordable and, in particular, support jobs and enterprise in Ireland. I will offer that as the general point. In truth, a lot of the individual measures the Deputy has raised would not be huge budgetary items. However, in the round, pulling all of these things together sometimes has a big cost. I assure her that I will certainly consider the issues she has raised and see what more could be done to support the roll-out of EVs in Ireland.

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