Just three cars in ministers’ fleet are electric or hybrid

New figures show that out of the 17 cars allocated to government ministers by An Garda Síochána, 14 run on diesel engines

The BMW 5 Series 530D: one of the cars allocated to government ministers from the Garda fleet

Just three of the 17 cars allocated to government ministers by An Garda Síochána are hybrid or electric vehicles, with the vast majority running on diesel engines.

New figures provided by the Department of Justice show that 14 of the cars – almost all Audis and BMWs – provided to the government from the Garda fleet are diesel.

Government ministers have been given the use of special state cars by An Garda Síochána since January, ...