Thomas Gould (Cork North Central, Sinn Fein)
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16. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a map is available of publicly accessible electric car charging ports in Cork. [26642/22]

Eamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party)
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The Deputy will be aware that the Government is fully committed to supporting a significant expansion and modernisation of the electric vehicle charging network over the coming years. A national charging infrastructure strategy has been published for public consultation which sets out a pathway to stay ahead of demand over the critical period out to 2025.

As part of the Alternative Fuels Infrastructure Directive, there is a statutory requirement for mapping the location and availability of all EV charging infrastructure in the country. Preparations are underway to establish Zero Emission Vehicles Ireland. This office will play an important role in our transition to zero emission vehicles. The office will amongst other things, co-ordinate measures to support the uptake of EVs and the rollout of charge point  infrastructure including developing a map of all available charge points in the country.

There already charge point maps available to the public provided by ESB eCars and EasyGo. These maps can be found at esb.ie/ecars/charge-point-map and easygo.ie/charging-network/.