Darren O'Rourke (Meath East, Sinn Fein)
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185. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the budget allocation for the low-emissions vehicle toll incentive for 2022; the number of persons who are signed up to the scheme; the spend to date in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56569/22]

Eamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party)
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Providing a sustainable, low-carbon transport system is a key priority of my Department.

The Low Emission Vehicle Toll Incentive (LEVTI) Scheme which offers toll discounts for alternatively fuelled vehicles was introduced in July 2018 and has continued each year since inception. BEV and PHEVs currently qualify for 50% and 25% toll reductions respectively up to a maximum €500 annual threshold for private vehicles and a maximum annual threshold of €1,000 for commercial vehicles (greater off-peak rates also apply to the M50 toll). The Scheme was expanded in 2020 to include toll reductions for electric motorbikes, hydrogen fuelled passenger cars and SPSVs, and heavy duty vehicles (trucks, buses and coaches) fuelled by compressed natural gas (CNG), liquefied natural gas (LNG), hydrogen or electricity.

As of September 2022, there are 29,627 vehicles registered with the scheme. €1.5m was allocated to this scheme this year with an additional allocation of €800k due to demand. To date, over €1.7m has been spent on this scheme in 2022.