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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

Monday, November 10, 2025

QUESTION NO.14

QUESTION: Councillor F. Timmons

To ask the Chief Executive for a report on the council fleet including age of vehicles. 

REPLY:

SDCC operates and maintains a fleet of 257 vehicles ranging from small, medium, and large vans to large trucks, tractors, a fleet of mowers, and winter maintenance equipment such as gritters and snow ploughs. The fleet is largely made up of SDCC owned vehicles with a small portion of hired vehicles supplementing the fleet when required. The median age of the fleet is 8 years old. The average fleet age is 10 years old.

As outlined in the Climate Action Plan 2024-2029, SDCC is committed to the decarbonisation of its fleet. A Fleet Transition and Replacement Plan, which is being undertaken in line with the Clean Vehicles Directive and consideration of climate targets, is currently being implemented with the assistance of SDCC’s new Fleet Management System (FMS). The FMS was rolled out in 2025 and will ensure a data led approach to the replacement of Internal Combustion Engine (ICE) vehicles with zero emission vehicles. Where an Electric Vehicle (EV) is not deemed suitable to replace an ICE vehicle, such as in our large winter maintenance vehicles, Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil (HVO), which is considered a zero emission fuel, will be used.

Under the plan, initial procurement has commenced, with the purchase of 2 electric pedestrian sweepers (Green Machines or equivalent) and the purchase of 6 new EVs which will replace ICE vehicles in the fleet. A further 6 medium electric vans and 4 large electric vans have been ordered with a delivery date expected in Q1 2026. SDCC has planned purchases of zero turn mowers and is also engaging with the OGP Framework supplier for the purchase of new HVO fuelled 18T and 26T trucks, with an exact delivery date in 2026 to be confirmed.