Just three of the Government's ministerial cars are electric or hybrid vehicles

Despite a policy favouring electric vehicles, most of the fleet of cars used by ministers are still run on diesel

An Garda Síochána released information about the cars ministers use. For instance, Tánaiste Leo Varadkar’s diesel car travelled 46,917km in 2021 and fuelling it cost €6,497. Picture: Sasko Lazarov/Rolling News

Just three of the Government’s fleet of 17 ministerial Garda cars are either electric or hybrid, with the rest relying on diesel fuel.

Ireland has pledged to tackle transport emissions by having 1m electric vehicles (EVs) on the road by 2030, but the vast majority of ministers still use a combination of diesel vehicles — BMW, Audi, and a Ford Transit minibus — to get around on official business.