COMHAIRLE CONTAE ÁTHA CLIATH THEAS
SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF RATHFARNHAM / TEMPLEOGUE / FIRHOUSE / BOHERNABREENA AREA COMMITTEE

Tuesday, October 14, 2025

QUESTION NO.3

QUESTION: Councillor Y. Collins

To ask the Council for a list of the current and proposed public EV charging locations throughout the area encompassed within this ACM

REPLY:

SDCC, in conjunction with the other Dublin Local Authorities have a 10-year concession framework agreement in place, where ePower has been appointed for the design, installation and operation of destination charge points across the entire county of Dublin. An initial 50 projects will be installed within the Dublin region, of which 15 sites have been identified in the SDCC region, following an assessment of the availability of power supply.  The initial sites are predominately in carparks of public parks and amenities operated by SDCC, allowing users access to fast and rapid charging.  

The proposed sites within this ACM are:

• Bushy Park Carpark, Dodder View Road, Rathfarnham, Dublin
• Dodder Valley Car Park, R114, Templeogue, Dublin
• Rosemount Ballyroan, Car park in front of Supervalu, Rathfarnham, Dublin

The other initial sites comprise:

• Tallaght Leisure Centre, Fortunestown Way, Tallaght
• Clondalkin Leisure Centre, Old Nangar Road, Clondalkin, Dublin
• Adamstown (Castlegate Rise), Adamstown, Lucan, Dublin
• Tallaght Stadium, Whitestown Way, Oldbawn, Dublin
• Bawnogue Shopping Centre, Bawnogue Road, Dublin
• Lucan Swimming Pool (Griffeen Valley Park, Esker South, Lucan, Dublin, Co. Dublin)
• Corkagh Park (Clondalkin Leisure Centre), St. John's Wood Car Park, Clondalkin, Dublin
• Dodder Valley Old Bawn Pavillion, Tallaght, Dublin
• Hermitage Park, Ballyowen Road, Lucan, Dublin
• SDCC County Hall
• North Clondalkin Library, Liscarne Close, Rowlagh, Dublin
• Tandy's Lane, Adamstown Park, Dublin 

SDCC will continue to work to identify suitable locations in its ownership for EV charging and accelerate the delivery where power supply is available, and demand requires it; in line with the Dublin Local Authority Electric Vehicle Charging Strategy and ZEVI Guidelines. Further procurement competitions are planned to allow for the appointment of Neighbourhood EV charge point operator(s) (7-22kw) for areas of shared parking within housing developments that are in the charge of the council.

Other avenues for the successful delivery of the convenient, energy-efficient, and cost-effective EV charging infrastructure include the Shared Island Sports Club EV Charging Scheme and within new developments.

For new developments, as part of the statutory planning process, the council’s standard planning conditions for parking associated with apartments and multi-dwellings unit requires a minimum of 20% of the car parking spaces to be provided with electrical connection points, 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 owners’ management company should engage with SEAI and approved EV Charge Point Operator for the continued operation and possible future expansion of the network.   

Current public EV charging locations are provided by private suppliers and, as such, SDCC does not have a live register of these public EV charging locations. These may be in service stations, carparks of shopping centres, hotels, sports clubs, or in privately owned residential developments, for example. For the most up-to-date information in this area, it is recommended to refer to EV charging maps.