Written answers
Thursday, 19 June 2025
Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
Electric Vehicles
Pa Daly (Kerry, Sinn Fein)
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222. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to outline the funding that was allocated to the EV grant scheme in each of the years 2020 to 2025; the number of grants that were awarded; the number of grants that were drawn down; the number of grants that were provided to vehicles over €40,000; the number of grants that were provided to vehicles over €45,000; the number of grants that were provided to vehicles over €50,000; the number of grants that were provided to vehicles over €55,000, in each of the years 2020 to 2025, in tabular form. [33374/25]
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:
Year | Budget Allocated | Number of Grants Offered | Number Grants Drawn Down | Grants paid to vehicles €40-45K | Grants paid to vehicles €45-50K | Grants paid to vehicles €50-55K | Grants paid to vehicles over €55k |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | €63,000,000 | 16,184 | 13,409 | 2,368 | 2,410 | 1,337 | 3,350 |
| 2022 | €60,000,000 | 11,560 | 10,891 | 2,140 | 1,655 | 1,475 | 3,857 |
| 2023 | €68,000,000 | 18,219 | 15,843 | 1,930 | 3,171 | 3,447 | 5,865 |
| 2024 | €59,950,000 | 13,777 | 12,304 | 1,540 | 3,263 | 2,596 | 3,023 |
| 2025 (as of 16th June) | €45,000,000 | 9,918 | 8,747 | 1,423 | 2,377 | 2,113 | 1,353 |
All price brackets are up to the previous €1 e.g. €40k to €44,999 etc.
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.
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