A proposal has been put forward to make e-charging points a requirement at companies and apartment blocks.

Fine Gael Senator Catherine Noone has called for the charging points as an incentive for people to start using the energy-saving vehicles.

The Dublin Senator said: "I believe that by requiring businesses and development companies to provide e-charging points for electric vehicles, it will make them more enticing to use.

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"This comes at a time when electric vehicle sales are booming across Ireland, so far sales of these vehicles in 2019 are nearly triple that of 2018 and July's sales of electric vehicles was not far behind the entirety of sales in 2018."

She added: "I believe businesses and apartment management companies should be required to provide charging facilities for employees, customers and tenants.

"Major cultural changes, such as moving away from fossil fuels, require government, businesses and consumers to work together to achieve real change."

(CM/JG)