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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF CLONDALKIN AREA COMMITTEE

Wednesday, October 16, 2019

QUESTION NO. 4

QUESTION: Councillor E. Higgins

"To ask the Chief Executive for a list of existing and proposed electric car charging points in the Clondalkin Electoral Area."

REPLY:

Currently there are 24 No. charging points that are available to the public on ESB’s e-Cars network on a 24hr/day basis for the county as a whole. This number is constantly increasing as commercial operators install charge point for use by their customers. This figure includes 3 No. fast charger Combi 50KWh charging points that are located on private/commercial property. The remaining points typically can provide up to 22KWh depending on the make and model of the vehicle being charged.

Locations of EV Charge points and their availability can be found here https://www.esb.ie/our-businesses/ecars/charge-point-map or by downloading the  "ecar connect" app. SDCC do not currently hold information on privately managed EV charging facilities located at places of employment for the exclusive use of employees. 

Recently the government launched an initiative to support the roll out of Electric Vehicle Public Charge Points. SEAI are administrating this new grant scheme aimed at Local Authorities to increase the number of on street electric vehicle (EV) chargers.   https://www.seai.ie/grants/electric-vehicle-grants/public-charge-point/

The Council is carrying out assessments of the potential locations in the county and will be making an application for this grant aid in order to deliver additional EV Charging units across the county.

The Council is also collaborating with the 3 other Dublin Local Authorities to introduce a standardised system of public EV charging stations at our town centres and municipal facilities which will facilitate motorists accessing charging points across the city and county areas without need to be registered on different systems.