Darragh O'Brien: “I accept fully, that many people driving older cars like that are doing it because they can't afford to change their…”

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.

Darragh O'Brien said that Dublin Airport's passenger cap "does not serve the State well" and "does not serve the people of the region well".

I got approval earlier this year in the first quarter of the national EV rollout plan, not a strategy, an actual plan for new charging points that are being rolled out and we're investing heavily in it.

But, he said, while the infrastructure has already improved this does need to continue nationally.