Johnny Guirke (Meath West, Sinn Fein)
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232. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of electric or hybrid vehicles purchased by her Department in 2020 and to date in 2021, respectively, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32857/21]

Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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I wish to advise the Deputy that my Department has not purchased any vehicles in 2020 or 2021. Currently my Department has two diesel vehicles, a 2007 van and a 2019 van.

The Deputy may wish to note that the policy going forward will be to replace these vehicles with electric vehicles. To this end, it is planned to replace the 2007 van with an electric vehicle within the next two years. To support this move to EVs, a number of electric charging points will be installed.