Paul Gogarty (Dublin Mid West, Independent)
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226. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps being taken, or are under consideration, for making use of public sector car parking areas for electric vehicle charging. [1149/25]

Eamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party)
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Providing a sustainable, low-carbon transport system is a key priority of the Department. Within the Climate Action Plan (CAP), fleet electrification is one of the two single biggest mitigation actions for domestic sectors and will provide the greatest share of transport emissions abatement to 2030.

The Government is fully committed to supporting a significant expansion and modernisation of the EV charging network over the coming years. Underpinning this commitment are a number of policies, beginning at a high level with the National EV Charging Infrastructure Strategy, and then supplemented by the National Road EV Charging Network Plan and the draft Regional and Local EV Charging Network Plan.

Zero Emission Vehicles Ireland (ZEVI), an office within the Department of Transport, coordinates measures to support the uptake of zero emission vehicles and the roll-out of charge point infrastructure to accelerate progress towards Ireland’s ambitious electric vehicle targets.

The installation of electric vehicle charging in public sector car parking is specifically a matter for the Office of Public Works (OPW). ZEVI is working with Local Authorities to develop local and regional EV network strategies. In many cases, these strategies will consider the installation of EV charging at municipal offices that will provide charging facilities for the general public.