Written answers

Thursday, 12 June 2025

Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport

Electric Vehicles

Photo of Pa DalyPa 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]

Photo of Darragh O'BrienDarragh 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:

2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
€27m €17m €27m €19m €40.5m

Photo of Pa DalyPa 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]

Photo of Darragh O'BrienDarragh 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:

2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
€63m €60m €68m €59.95m €45m
Please note: the reduction in allocation from 2024 to 2025 was due to the fact that only €45 million of the allocation was drawn down in 2024.

Photo of Pa DalyPa 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]

Photo of Darragh O'BrienDarragh 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:

County 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Carlow 163 123 185 138 108
Cavan 114 102 151 85 75
Clare 252 223 372 223 173
Cork 1554 1130 1772 1302 948
Donegal 346 248 302 204 158
Dublin 5075 3757 5654 4832 2965
Galway 528 532 703 444 303
Kerry 223 209 282 205 189
Kildare 871 706 1074 845 587
Kilkenny 208 197 243 180 147
Laois 153 149 202 150 152
Leitrim 29 48 59 36 24
Limerick 477 322 512 363 261
Longford 49 43 80 52 35
Louth 345 241 421 314 240
Mayo 198 207 225 136 121
Meath 543 594 910 697 483
Monaghan 68 48 84 63 59
Offaly 145 123 163 129 120
Roscommon 72 102 126 87 62
Sligo 169 156 183 113 91
Tipperary 331 287 324 200 217
Waterford 330 268 352 328 202
Westmeath 290 189 259 215 163
Wexford 399 381 455 406 247
Wicklow 477 506 750 557 343
Total 13409 10891 15843 12304 8473

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