COMHAIRLE CONTAE ÁTHA CLIATH THEAS
SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF DEVELOPMENT PLAN MEETING

Thursday, June 17, 2021

MOTION NO.

MOTION: Councillor G. O'Connell, Councillor P. Gogarty, Councillor L. O'Toole

Replace E4 Objective 3 text with the following: To ensure that all new vehicles purchased or replaced in the Council's fleet are EVs charged from renewable sources or powered by renewable fuels.

REPORT:

The proposed motion seeks to replace the wording to E4 Objective 3 to read as follows:

From: To continue to increase the use of EVs and non-fossil fuels in the Council’s own fleet.

To:  To ensure that all new vehicles purchased or replaced in the Council's fleet are EVs charged from renewable sources or powered by renewable fuels.

The National Climate Action Plan has ambitious targets for the uptake of electric vehicles (EVs), with a target of having 935,600 EVs on the road by 2030, including 840,000 cars, 95,000 light commercial vehicles and 600 low-emission buses (i.e. not diesel only). This means approximately one-third of all vehicles sold during the decades need to be Battery Electric Vehicles (BEVs) or Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles (PHEVs). It should be noted to support this target, the four Dublin Local Authorities in conjunction with the Climate Action Regional Office (CARO)

and Smart Dublin are producing an overarching EV charging strategy which will address on street charging infrastructure for the Dublin region which in turn will aid in the increase of Electric Vehicles.

Furthermore, there are number of Electric vehicle policies and objectives set out in the CE Draft Plan. These objectives are County wide. E4 Objective 3 relates specifically to the Councils fleet in addition to the other County wide objectives and policies. It is therefore considered that the intent of the motion is addressed adequately in the CE Draft Plan and to add a minimum figure would be inappropriate and restrictive. An amended wording for item 70866 has been put forward to take account of the targets set out in the National Climate Action Plan as follows.

E4 Objective 3 “To continue to increase the use of EVs and non-fossil fuels in the Council's own fleet to contribute to targets set out for Electric vehicles in the National Climate Action Plan.”

It is considered that this issue has been appropriately addressed in motion 70866.

Recommendation

It is recommended that the motion is adopted with amendment such that the amended objective E4 Objective 3 under motion 70866 is sufficient to reflect the intent of the motion.