COMHAIRLE CONTAE ÁTHA CLIATH THEAS
SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF LUCAN / PALMERSTOWN / NORTH CLONDALKIN AREA COMMITTEE

Tuesday, April 22, 2025

QUESTION NO.4

QUESTION: Councillor L. O'Toole

To ask the Chief Executive to outline the number of public EV charge points currently available in the Lucan area, including details of planned installations. Additionally, to provide information on which of these charge points are located within sports facilities or on council-owned land.

REPLY:

Currently, there is in excess of 30 EV Charge Point Operators, providing publicly accessible EV charging services across the country.  Due to the infancy and rapid expansion of the market, it is not possible for the council to confirm the number of public EV charge points operating within the Lucan area. There is a number of independent online and mobile applications mapping EV charger locations, however, it relies on the operator to register the charge point location with the mobile application provider.

In relation to the planning of future EV charging points, the Dublin Local Authority Electric Vehicle Charging Strategy is a comprehensive report, setting out a coordinated approach to deploy EV charging infrastructure in the four Dublin region Local Authorities (LAs), to support the transition to Electric Vehicles.  It takes into account national targets for EV role out.  By 2030, it is estimated approximately 138,000 EVs will be owned and operating within the Dublin region, of which, approximately 75% of EVs will be predominately charged at the vehicle owners’ residential driveway. The strategy focuses ensuring appropriate EV charging infrastructure is available for the remaining 25% of EV owners, who will not have access to driveway charging.

The future provision of EV charging will be undertaken by both the private and public sectors. In the case of the private sector, the County Development Plan stipulates for new planning applications a minimum of 20% of the car parking spaces to be provided with electrical connection points and to allow for functional electric vehicle charging on occupation of the development. The remaining car parking spaces must be fitted with ducting for electric connection points to allow for future fit out of EV charging points. The revised Energy Performance of Buildings Directive propose further requirements in relation to existing non-residential buildings which will assist in the further expansion of EV charging infrastructure in the coming years.    

In relation to the provision of EV charging directly by the council, in conjunction with the Dublin region Local Authorities, the procurement has been completed for a 10-year concession framework agreement, with the appointment of ePower (EV Charge Point Operator) for the design, installation and operation of destination charge points across the county of Dublin. An initial 50 locations identified, of which 14 are located within SDCC administrative area, will see EV Fast Chargers (typically 25kw+) installed across the Dublin region on council owned lands in 2025. The sites are in council owned parking areas, typically parks, libraries, council offices, leisure centres and neighbourhood district centres, allowing users of the facilities and local residents access to convenient fast charging. Specific to the Lucan area, the initial 14 pilot sites across SDCC administrative area include the carpark at Tandy’s Lane Park and on-street parking at Castlegate. The council is currently assessing additional sites in the Lucan area, and across the county, for the continued rollout of destination EV charging network. Advancement of EV charging locations will be subject to availability of a suitable electricity connection.