Written answers
Monday, 9 September 2024
Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
Electric Vehicles
Seán Canney (Galway East, Independent)
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278.To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the grant assistance available to support a local business install an EV charging point at its premises for commercial and public use; and if he will make a statement on the matter.[35255/24]
Eamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party)
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The Government is fully committed to supporting a significant expansion of the electric vehicle charging network over the coming years. Having an effective and reliable recharging network is essential to enabling drivers to choose electric.
Zero Emission Vehicles Ireland (ZEVI), a dedicated office which oversees and accelerates Ireland’s transition to zero emission vehicles, has significant funding available in 2024 for the installation of EV charging across Ireland.
Home charging is the primary charging method for most Irish EV owners as it’s convenient and cheaper for the consumer as well assists in the overall management of the national grid. Over 80% of charging is expected to happen at home.
There are grants available - administered by SEAI and funded by ZEVI - to assist with the installation of home and apartment chargers.
With regard to public charging, a charging infrastructure plan for the National Road Network has been finalised and published following consultation in May 2024. This was followed by a government procurement process, administered by TII, to support the installation of EV chargepoints on the motorway network. A further support scheme to incentivise the installation of chargepoints on non-motorway national roads is expected this Autumn.
Local Authorities are developing plans for the delivery of chargepoint infrastructure at regional and local level. Local Authorities will then receive funding for the rollout of chargepoint infrastructure within their authorities.
We are committed to regularly reviewing all measures and grants to ensure they support our decarbonisation objectives.
Additionally, a range of new charging infrastructure schemes are being developed which will help provide another critical link in the overall network for public charging, including:
• • A Shared Island funded Sports Club scheme, which will install up to 200 fast chargers in sports clubs on the island of Ireland.
• An EU Just Transition Fund supported scheme, which is planned to install 60-80 chargers in the Just Transition area in the midlands.
• Local Authority pilot schemes, funding the roll out of EV charging in Local Authorities who have already developed local EV network plans, while supporting the development of local EV Network plans in other areas.
These new sites, in addition to those under other destination schemes currently planned will be delivered in 2024 and 2025.
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