Darragh O'Brien: “But, he said, while the infrastructure has already improved this does need to continue nationally.”

Mr O'Brien said the airport is of "strategic importance" with over 36 million passengers passing through last year.

I accept fully, that many people driving older cars like that are doing it because they can't afford to change their car. This will help.

We're going to invest about €45m this year in new charging points this year alone, which will see a 30% improvement in the EV charging infrastructure that's around the country.

I'm not going to be able to bridge the full affordability gap, but I think to be fair by looking at this, an additional €5,000, bringing it up to €8,500, is not an insignificant support.