Commitment

Make electric vehicles more affordable

What this means

  • Fine Gael made a promise in its November 2024 general election manifesto to make electric vehicles more affordable for people in Ireland.[source]
  • The commitment covers expanding financial supports to help buyers afford electric vehicles, which currently cost more than petrol or diesel cars.[source]
  • Fine Gael also pledged to grow the charging infrastructure network, aiming to make it easier for people to charge EVs across Ireland.[source]
  • This commitment sits within Fine Gael's climate and environment policy area, linking transport choices to Ireland's broader green transition goals.[source]
  • The promise has no stated delivery deadline, which makes it harder for voters to hold the party to account on when results should appear.[source]

Direct impact (1)

Indirect impact (10)

Two-hop relationships traced through the entity above. Useful for spotting downstream knock-on effects.

  • owned by party → party member2-hop via fine-gael
    Alan DillonOfficeholder
  • owned by party → party member2-hop via fine-gael
    Barry WardOfficeholder
  • owned by party → party member2-hop via fine-gael
    Brian BrennanOfficeholder
  • owned by party → party member2-hop via fine-gael
  • owned by party → party member2-hop via fine-gael
    Colm BrophyOfficeholder
  • owned by party → party member2-hop via fine-gael
    Colm BurkeOfficeholder
  • owned by party → party member2-hop via fine-gael
    David MaxwellOfficeholder
  • owned by party → party member2-hop via fine-gael
    Edward TimminsOfficeholder
  • owned by party → party member2-hop via fine-gael
    Emer CurrieOfficeholder
  • owned by party → party member2-hop via fine-gael
    Emer HigginsOfficeholder

Summary derived from the records cited above. Read the methodology to understand how this is generated.

Relationship map

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One-hop relationships derived from the entity records. Click any node to follow the link.

Status

Promised

Fine Gael committed to supporting Ireland's transition to electric vehicles by expanding supports and charging infrastructure to make EVs more affordable.

Attribution & links

Origin
Manifesto
Policy area
Climate And Environment
Owning party
Fine Gael
Responsible body
Responsible officeholder
Linked mandate
First stated
2024-11-17
Last reviewed
2026-05-21

Evidence & sources

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Evidence

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