Written answers
Wednesday, 26 June 2013
Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
Electric Vehicle Grants
John Deasy (Waterford, Fine Gael)
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176. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of electric vehicles that have been purchased by consumers here in each of the past seven years. [31153/13]
John Deasy (Waterford, Fine Gael)
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177. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the State's investment in electric vehicle infrastructure in the past seven years. [31154/13]
John Deasy (Waterford, Fine Gael)
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178. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of applications received and granted, by county, under the electric vehicles grant scheme, since January 2011. [31155/13]
Pat Rabbitte (Dublin South West, Labour)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 176 to 178, inclusive, together.
The Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland, SEAI, which operates the electric vehicle grant scheme has to date received a total of 356 electric vehicle grant applications. I understand that 250 grants have been paid to date and that a further two are awaiting payment. Some 257 electric vehicles have been registered in Ireland since 2011 when the grant scheme opened. A total of €1,053,200 has been paid in grants under the electric vehicle grant scheme up to the end of May 2013.
Details of the numbers of electric vehicles registered since 2010 are set out in the following table.
| - | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | Totals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cork | 1 | 14 | 2 | 17 | |
| Clare | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | |
| Cavan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Carlow | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Dublin | 2 | 16 | 87 | 14 | 119 |
| Donegal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Galway | 4 | 6 | 0 | 10 | |
| Kildare | 1 | 11 | 1 | 13 | |
| Kilkenny | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Kerry | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | |
| Limerick City | 1 | 8 | 0 | 9 | |
| Longford | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Louth | 0 | 12 | 1 | 13 | |
| County Limerick | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5 | |
| Leitrim | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Laois | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |
| Meath | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | |
| Monaghan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mayo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Offaly | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| Roscommon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sligo | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| Tipperary North | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Tipperary South | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Waterford City | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| County Waterford | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 | |
| Westmeath | 1 | 14 | 0 | 15 | |
| Wexford | 5 | 0 | 1 | 6 | |
| Wicklow | 5 | 11 | 0 | 16 | |
| 2 | 46 | 188 | 23 | 259 |
The ESB, through its ecars programme, is continuing to roll out both publicly accessible charging infrastructure and domestic charge points, and has informed the Department that its targets are to install at least 1,000 publicly accessible charge points in all main towns and cities and 60 fast chargers on major roads by the end of 2013. As of 19 June 2013, there were 1,280 charge points installed nationally. I understand that the ESB has spent €9.3 million to date on this infrastructure.
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