Timmy Dooley (Clare, Fianna Fail)
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488. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of standard charging points for electric vehicles, by county. [3316/18]

Timmy Dooley (Clare, Fianna Fail)
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489. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of rapid charging points for electric vehicles, by county. [3317/18]

Denis Naughten (Roscommon-Galway, Independent)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 488 and 489 together.

The ESB, through its eCars programme, has rolled out both publicly accessible charging infrastructure and domestic charge points for electric vehicles. Up to September 2017, approximately 2,500 home charge points had been installed and there are approximately 900 EV charge points in Ireland of which circa 70 are rapid chargers.  A map showing all public charge points in Ireland, including the status and availability of the charge points, is available on the ESB’s website at www.esb.ie/ecars.

The following table, provided by eCars, sets out in tabular form the number of publically available standard and fast chargers available in each county. (This list does not include any hotel installations or private sites.)

In addition to the charge points installed by ESB eCars, car manufacturers are also becoming increasingly involved in the provision of charging infrastructure. I understand that Nissan has a number of charge points available through its dealer network and Tesla provides charge points for its vehicles at two locations in Co. Laois and Co. Tipperary.  In addition, Lidl Ireland has installed chargepoints in a number of its car parks.