David Cullinane (Waterford, Sinn Fein)
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425. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the estimated cost of 1,000 electric car charging points. [38632/19]

Richard Bruton (Dublin Bay North, Fine Gael)
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There is a range of electric vehicle charge points to suit different needs including home charge points, on-street charge points and fast chargers. The cost of such charge points can vary from several hundred euro to many thousands.

My Department, through the SEAI, provides a grant of up to €600 to support the installation of home charge points. Supporting 1,000 such charge points would cost my Department up to €600,000.

A new support for on-street charge points is being introduced , again through the SEAI, which will support 75% of the capital cost up to a maximum of €5,000 per charge point. Supporting 1,000 such charge points would cost my Department up to €5,000,000.