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ELECTRIC VEHICLE (EV) recharging infrastructure must be installed in new homes to allow for future installation of recharging points under new building regulations announced by Minister for Housing Darragh O’Brien.
The regulations will apply to:
There are currently over 45,000 EVs registered on Irish roads.
Under the Climate Action Plan, the Government says it commits to increasing the fleet of EVs and low emitting vehicles to 945,000 in order to meet the required level of emissions reduction by 2030.
“The regulations will help accelerate the uptake of electric vehicles, creating and enabling infrastructure to achieve the Government commitment of nearly one million electric vehicles by 2030,” Minister O’Brien said.
“We are sending a strong signal of Ireland’s commitment to the clean energy transition, as the building sector has a vast potential to contribute to a carbon-neutral and competitive economy,” he said.
Public charging points
It was reported in July that just 33 public electric vehicle charge points had been approved under a scheme announced three years ago that was intended to develop up to 200 charge points per annum.
There are a number of grants available to help people buy electric vehicles and set up charging stations at home.
But one scheme for public charging points on streets or in car parks has had little take-up among local authorities, figures in July showed.
Under the scheme, local authorities receive a grant to cover three-quarters of the cost – up to €5,000 – per charge point put in place.
As of July, only three local authorities had signed up to the on-street public charge point scheme, with Louth County Council getting the all-clear for the highest number of charge points (20) of any council in the scheme.
Dublin City Council with nine charge points and Tipperary County Council with four were the other two counties that made applications under the scheme.
With reporting by Orla Dwyer
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Lad probably fell out a window like all the other deceased Putin critics.
@Pat O’Leary: BBC reported that he fell from the hotel window. Funny how anyone that criticises that Tosspot Putin they end up out a window or end up having heart attacks or strokes.
Russian sausage tycoon Pavel Antov dies in Indian hotel fall https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-64101437
The Russian elite must be restless at the moment wondering who is next? It wouldn’t surprise me to see Putin himself take a fall at some stage
Modi a supporter of Putin. Solved.
Advice to Russian Policy Critics: Stay away from windows or people with umbrellas. Just saying….
Obviously a 2 shots in the back of the head suicide
Putin must be getting nervous, what with so many people falling dead, like on the battlefield, out of windows, oops! my car just happened to blow up.. Putin and his ideological regime, must be stopped. They spin lies to their own people to cover their own psychopathic ideals.. “MURDERERS” oops! I must be next, mustn’t get too near a window.. watch the stairs etc.. The West was never a threat to Russia. But Russia under Putin is a pariah and can never be trusted again…
Someone living in a high rise needs to invite Putin over to see their new curtains.
Defenestrations of Odisha!
The body of the recently deceased Sausage Tycoon will be cremated next week.. 5 minutes on each side, it’s what he would have wanted
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