Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 17 January 2017
1480. Deputy Jim Daly asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the establishment of a dedicated task force involving relevant Government Departments and all stakeholders to report on the use of electric vehicles here. [41638/16]
Amharc ar fhreagraIn accordance with the commitment in the Programme for Government, my Department and the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport have established and are co-chairing a Low Emissions Vehicles (LEV) Task Force involving relevant Government Departments and agencies. A key task will be to examine as a matter of priority what further actions are necessary to further stimulate electric vehicle (EV) sales and other low emission vehicles to 2020 and beyond. The first meeting of this taskforce was held last month.
The work of the task force will be divided into two phases and will include stakeholder engagement. The first phase will focus solely on EVs and the second phase will focus on all other alternative fuels. The Task Force will report on an interim basis to Government on the first phase by June 2017, with associated recommendations. These recommendations will suggest a range of options for facilitating greater uptake of EVs between now and 2020.
