Brendan Griffin (Kerry, Fine Gael)
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209. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there are sources of public funding available to upgrade electric charging points (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55339/21]

Eamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party)
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Under the Climate Action Plan, we need to increase the number of EVs on our roads to nearly one million by 2030.

Preparations are underway to establish an Office of Low Emission Vehicles. This Office will play an important role in our transition to zero emission vehicles. It will co-ordinate measures to support the uptake of EVs and the rollout of charge point  infrastructure.   

Having an effective and reliable recharging network is essential to enabling drivers to choose electric. Charging at home is the most convenient and cheapest way to recharge. However there is also a need for a seamless public charging network that will provide for situations or instances where home charging is not possible such as on-street and residential charging, destination charging, and workplace charging. Connection costs are an operational matter for ESB Networks .

My Department is also developing a new scheme which will support the installation of destination charge points in locations such as hotels and parks. This new initiative will help provide another critical link in the overall network for public charging.