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:

We will have on the 70. It is our intention within that 70 to go to locations that will be off the main network. Most definitely that 70 includes those.

We will be trying to get as broad a dispersion as we possibly can because there is also an EU directive, to which I referred in my opening statement, that requires us to have a filling station arrangement throughout the country, and that is part of what we have outlined. We intend growing beyond the figure of 70, but the target of 70 will give a critical mass to get it up and running. Stations which would tanker off the network will be included in that figure. The Deputy makes a relevant point about continuing to look at extending the network. It is on our agenda and we are strongly focused on it.

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