Ms Laura Behan:

There should be no doubt in anyone's mind of the scale of ambition of the transport sector in seeking to decarbonise. We have stated overwhelmingly clearly on a number of occasions that we expect the transport sector to be fully decarbonised by 2050. What we are seeking to do is find the roadmaps to ensure that happens. We are focusing the majority of our effort on securing increased investment for public transport to ensure that in urban areas, where public transport is most appropriate and the least carbon emitting mode of mass transit, that we can secure additional capacity for public transport to meet the additional transport demand that will arise over the next 25 years.

The second key plank of our approach will be the move to alternative fuels and technologies. There is a strong commitment in the Department to the establishment of the LEV task force and that its work is being appropriately resourced to ensure the ambition that everybody in this room shares of moving from internal combustion engine technologies to lower-emission vehicles over the next 15 years will be secured.