Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 24 January 2018

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport

Road Network: Transport Infrastructure Ireland

9:00 am

Mr. Michael Nolan:

That is a relevant question not just for motor service areas but the entire service industry, including offline, regional roads and urban areas. There will be a huge swing over the next ten to 15 years from fossil fuel based combustion engines to more hybrid and, hopefully, predominantly electric in time. It will have an impact. The biggest income of service areas in the private sector, such as Applegreen stops, is from retail and food. It is common that most of the profit margin for offline service areas comes from non-fuel. I will ask Mr. Maher to speak on this.

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