Pa Daly (Kerry, Sinn Fein)
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254. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide a breakdown of the funding provided for EV charging infrastructure in each of the years 2020 to 2025 broken down by year, in tabular form. [31598/25]

Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal East, Fianna Fail)
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The Government is fully committed to supporting a significant expansion and modernisation of the EV charging network over the coming years. Having an effective and reliable charging network is an essential part of enabling drivers to make the switch to electric vehicles.

Over €100m has been allocated in 2025 to support the continued transition to electric vehicles through funding for EV grants and EV charging infrastructure.

While the Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications held responsibility for electric vehicle and charging grants in 2020, the overall budget allocated for delivery of EV Charging Infrastructure for 2021 to 2025 are:

Pa Daly (Kerry, Sinn Fein)
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255. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide a breakdown of the funding provided to the EV grant scheme in each of the years 2020 to 2025 broken down by year, in tabular form. [31599/25]

Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal East, Fianna Fail)
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Fleet electrification is expected to continue to provide the greatest share of emissions abatement in the short-to-medium term for the transport sector. Over €100m has been allocated in 2025 to support the continued transition to electric vehicles through funding for EV grants and EV charging infrastructure. This underpins the Government’s commitment to making electric vehicles accessible to all.

The Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications held responsibility for electric vehicle and charging grants in 2020,. Therefore the allocations provided from the Department of Transport are set out below for the years 2021 to 2025:

Pa Daly (Kerry, Sinn Fein)
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256. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide a breakdown of the number of EV grants that were provided in each of the years 2020 -2025 broken down by county, in tabular form. [31600/25]

Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal East, Fianna Fail)
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The current target under the Climate Action Plan is to have 30% of our private car fleet switched to electric by 2030. Fleet electrification is expected to continue to provide the greatest share of emissions abatement in the short-to-medium term for the transport sector. Over €100m has been allocated in 2025 to support the continued transition to electric vehicles which includes funding for EV grants. This underpins the Government’s commitment to making electric vehicles accessible to all.

While the Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications held responsibility for electric vehicle and charging grants in 2020, the number of EV purchase grants provided by the Department of Transport, by county, in from 2021 to date are: