COMHAIRLE CONTAE ÁTHA CLIATH THEAS
SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL
MEETING OF RATHFARNHAM / TEMPLEOGUE / FIRHOUSE / BOHERNABREENA AREA COMMITTEE
Tuesday, April 18, 2023
QUESTION NO. 3
QUESTION: Councillor Lyn Hagin Meade
To ask the manager for an update, with dates, of provisions (grants/infrastructure) of residential on-street charging points, to support local residents with EV cars who do not have access to front door parking/charging, as outlined in the 2022-2025 Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Charging Strategy section 2.4.
REPLY:
South Dublin County Council, in collaboration with the other DLAs published the Dublin Regional EV charging Strategy in 2022. The strategy identifies a range of types of EV charging services required across the County to keep up with demand up to 2030. The range of services include Destination Charging, On-Route Charging, Residential Charging and Rapid Hub Charging.
In 2022, the Minister for Transport launched Zero Emissions Vehicles Ireland (ZEVI) a section within the Department of Transport to facilitate the roll out of EV chargers across the Country. ZEVI will work with Local Authorities to provide guidance and funding to deliver EV charging equipment at public locations. ZEVI will also work closely with the SEAI to support the provision of grant aid towards the purchase of EVs and towards the installation of domestic EV Smart Chargers.
SDCC is currently working with the other DLAs and CoDEMA, our Energy Management Agency, to deliver a pilot project of public EV charging equipment at publicly owned and accessible locations. SDCC has identified a number of suitable locations at our parks, offices, libraries and sports facilities, at on-street and residential locations for phase one of the pilot, and are currently engaging with ESB to investigate the network suitability at these locations.
The delivery of the project will be tendered across the Dublin Region with support from CoDEMA, likely in Q3 of 2023. The project comprises:
- Installing underground ducting and groundworks. Funding of up to 75% of this will be available through grants from ZEVI, subject to suitability of selected site. The remaining cost will be covered by each LA. Ownership of the underground services will remain with the LA.
- Engaging with private sector operators to deliver overground EV charging equipment, electricity supply, and account management software for a fixed term. The details of this tender process are currently being reviewed.
A further pilot scheme has commenced to look at the investigating the options and challenges for delivering public EV charging points in residential areas where there is limited access to home EV charging. This will take account of lessons learned from the first pilot scheme and will aim to build on the high-level analysis in the Dublin Regional EV Charging Strategy, which recommended broad areas for residential deployment. This is at a very early stage of project initiation, with a project plan being developed.
SDCC are also currently engaging with developers to deliver publicly available EV charging equipment through the planning process. Ongoing developments are required to ensure that 10-20% of parking spaces have EV charging equipment available for public use.
For residential areas where management companies are present, and parking is not privately owned by the individual householder, grants are available through the SEAI for apartment blocks or multi-unit developments. The grant is designed for bulk installation of chargers at a single location, and supports cabling, infrastructure, labour and construction. Owners, management companies, housing bodies, LAs and commercial and private landlords can apply.
More detailed information can be found at the following link: