Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 24 June 2026
140. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Transport the number of cars estimated to be scrapped under the announced ICE2EV scheme; whether €10 million is actually being allocated to the ICE2EV scheme, as indicated by his Department’s press release, or whether that €10 million includes the already existing €3,500 EV grant per car (details supplied). [47904/26]
View answerThe €5,000 scrappage payment will support the transition of up to 2,000 vehicles from internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles to electric vehicles (EVs), with the full €10 million allocation from the Climate Action Fund reserved for these payments.
The new ICE2EV scrappage scheme is a demand-led and capped pilot scheme. It is intended to address a specific and persistent emissions challenge within the private car fleet: the continued operation of older, highly polluting ICE vehicles.
Following consideration of a range of approaches, and based on the hugely positive response to the scheme from the sector and the public recently, I have instructed that the scheme be refined to optimise the number of electric vehicles that can be purchased through the scheme, thereby ensuring it best delivers the overarching policy objective of accelerating the transition to EVs.
The pilot scheme will be reviewed to assess its overall impact and the effectiveness of scrappage as a policy tool. Data from the scheme will be used to gauge the level of interest in the take-up of a scheme of this nature, to provide insights in respect of the types of vehicles being scrapped (e.g. their age and mileage), as well as to monitor the regional distribution of take-up (i.e. by region, as well as the urban / rural split). A number of factors will be taken into account including overall uptake and demand for the scheme, the pace at which available funding is drawn down, and the level of participation across different geographic areas, including rural and urban applicants.
Any further iterations of the scheme will be subject to the evaluation of this pilot, as well as wider budgetary considerations
