{"id":2073,"date":"2023-03-23T09:29:25","date_gmt":"2023-03-23T09:29:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/electric-vehicle-grant-scheme-for-rural-ireland-required\/"},"modified":"2023-03-23T09:29:25","modified_gmt":"2023-03-23T09:29:25","slug":"electric-vehicle-grant-scheme-for-rural-ireland-required","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/ga\/electric-vehicle-grant-scheme-for-rural-ireland-required\/","title":{"rendered":"Electric Vehicle Grant Scheme For Rural Ireland Required"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>People in rural areas are more reliant on their cars and make longer journeys<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>A new grant scheme to help motorists in rural Ireland buy electric vehicles should be rolled out, according to Social Democrats Climate Spokesperson Jennifer Whitmore.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is currently a grant of up to \u20ac5,000 available for those who purchase an electric car \u2013 but that is being reduced and phased out from July. Nothing is planned to replace it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe know that people who live in rural Ireland have very few, if any, public transport options. We also know that people in rural Ireland tend to make longer journeys in their cars.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe price of electric vehicles is prohibitive for many. If the government is serious about ensuring there is a just transition \u2013 and meeting its climate action targets \u2013 it must support people in rural Ireland who want to reduce their emissions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe first priority, in this regard, should be boosting investment in public transport options in rural areas. Connecting Ireland, the government\u2019s current scheme, had a budget of just \u20ac5 million last year and \u20ac8 million this year. These are paltry amounts which betray a lack of ambition by government.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn tandem with increased public transport investment, a dedicated grant scheme to help motorists in rural areas buy electric vehicles should also be introduced.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople in rural areas are more reliant on their cars and make longer journeys \u2013 so this is a targeted measure that will help to reduce emissions from the transport sector.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe existing grant scheme is being reduced and phased out from July. We now need a stand-alone rural grant scheme for electric vehicles.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ends<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>People in rural areas are more reliant on their cars and make longer journeys A new grant scheme to help motorists in rural Ireland buy electric vehicles should be rolled out, according to Social Democrats Climate Spokesperson Jennifer Whitmore. \u201cThere is currently a grant of up to \u20ac5,000 available for those who purchase an electric [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2069,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[405,268,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2073","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-climate","category-jennifer-whitmore","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - 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