Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 9 July 2024
168. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Transport the number of public e-car charging points available for the years 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024, by location, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29785/24]
Amharc ar fhreagraThe Department of Transport, through Zero Emission Vehicles Ireland (ZEVI) are investing €100m between now and 2025, in the delivery of EV infrastructure, as part of the EV Charging Infrastructure Strategy.
The number of publicly available charge points in Ireland has increased from approximately 1,700 in September 2022 to over 2,400 in 2024.
The Department of Transport does not currently maintain information on available publicly accessible EV charging stations because they are owned and operated by commercial charge point operators, who are not currently obliged to share this information. Any data available at present is sourced from market operators who provide EV information services to charge point operators to facilitate drivers in locating charge points. This is operational data and cannot be considered as either complete or verified.
However, ZEVI are at present developing a Data Strategy in line with the provisions of the Alternative Fuels Infrastructure Regulation (AFIR) which, when implemented, will give the Department better visibility on the number, location and status of EV charge points across the network via a shared and open data system, and depending on information provided by charge-point operators.
The system will collect the near-real-time data provided by charge-point operators regarding the charge-points. The obligation on charge-point operators and owners to share this data via API, at no cost, to all data users, is legislated for within AFIR. This should facilitate data users, including the Department, to build a fuller data set. This data system is expected to be in place by April 2025.
In the meantime, a summary of the number of EV charge points is provided below:
Estimated Number of publicly accessible EV charge points by year:
As of Jan 2023 - Approximately 1700
As of September 2023 - Approximately 2100
As of June 2024 - Approximately 2400.
