No hurry with on-street charging points for Mayo electric cars

No applications have been made for on-street charging points for electric vehicles to be provided in Mayo in 2022.

The news has been confirmed to Deputy Alan Dillon by Transport Minister Eamon Ryan.

The minister said the existing Public Charge Point Scheme continues to be available during 2022 to provide local authorities with a grant of up to €5,000 to support the development of on-street public chargers.

The primary focus of the scheme is to provide support for the installation of infrastructure which will facilitate owners of electric vehicles, who do not have access to a private parking space, but instead rely on parking their vehicles in public places near their homes to charge their EVs.

He confirmed Mayo County Council has not as yet applied for funding under this scheme in 2022.

Meanwhile, Zero Emission Vehicles Ireland was launched last Thursday.

This office will play an important role in our transition to zero emission vehicles.

It will co-ordinate measures to support the uptake of EVs and the rollout of charge point infrastructure including the development of a number of new infrastructure schemes.

A significant increase in funding for local authorities to deliver EV charging points will be rolled out in the latter half of this year.