Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 16 December 2015

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications

Additional Uses of Natural Gas: Gas Networks Ireland

9:30 am

Mr. Denis O'Sullivan:

Absolutely. There is a reluctance on their part, especially on the motor car or small commercial van side, to bring those vehicles into Ireland until they see movement on the infrastructure. We have been heavily engaged with the manufacturers of trucks and buses. They have rolled out this equipment in several European countries and all over the world. They are happy to facilitate the Irish market once they see the correct policy supports and measures being put in place, to give them comfort that the infrastructure will be put in place to refuel these vehicles.

On the Senator's question about price, in the examples we gave we stated a price of 79 cent per litre of diesel equivalent. That is taken from standard tariffs of gas. We expect that large fleet operators, who have the ability to procure their own gas rather than buying from a retailer, would see significant savings on top of that. The prices we have given are the prices we believe are appropriate based on today's prices for retail at a forecourt.

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