Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 20 November 2025
240. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Transport the agencies and offices with responsibility for electric vehicle charging infrastructure, including his Department, Zero Emission Vehicles Ireland, Transport Infrastructure Ireland, the SEAI and others; the specific remit of each body; the coordination mechanisms in place between them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [65079/25]
View answerZero Emission Vehicles Ireland is a dedicated Office within the Department of Transport, charged with supporting consumers, the public sector and businesses to continue to make the switch to zero emission vehicles.
The Office leads on the delivery of Ireland’s ambitious targets under the Climate Action Plan 2023 to have an expected 30% of our private car fleet switched to electric by 2030.
To deliver on this target, ZEVI work in partnership with stakeholders from across the public and private sector. ZEVI's governance structures include formal participation from ESB networks, the SEAI, TII and the NTA, as well as regular but less formalised contacts between ZEVI, Eirgrid and the Commission for Regulation of Utilities.
Regarding EV charging infrastructure, over €100m has been allocated in 2025 to support the continued transition to electric vehicles which includes funding for EV grants and EV charging infrastructure.
There is a suite of incentives and a range of new charging infrastructure schemes in place to support the continued transition to EVs and for the rollout of EV charging infrastructure, including:
• a home charging scheme administered by SEAI;
• an apartment charging scheme administered by SEAI;
• a ZEHDV scheme to assist companies and enterprises who wish to buy zero-emission heavy duty vehicles, and was expanded to include purchase grants for recharging infrastructure, administered by TII, and;
• EV Recharging Infrastructure LDV En-Route Grant Schemes, administered by TII.
