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. Liam O'Sullivan:
The Deputy is correct. That is certainly an issue. Our focus, to be honest, will definitely be that the initial ones will be located off the existing network. Equally, we will seek to locate them where they will get immediate usage, so I expect we will seek to put them into forecourts that are on the network. However, we will be seeking also to put them where there are sizeable fleets that will take up usage almost straight away and start generating a return on the investment.
Regarding the Deputy's point on the other locations, on an ongoing basis we will be examining setting up CNG based on tankering fuel to locations. That might address some of the issues. To be honest, however, that is probably further down the road in terms of-----
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