Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 4 October 2018

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action

Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion

2:00 pm

Mr. Graham Doyle:

Those things are being looked at in the context of what is cost-effective and what can be done. We know from a transport perspective, in terms of how other countries have dealt with this and have made progress, that they are primarily in the areas we have talked about. We are trying to focus every effort on trying to deliver those in the first instance. Yes, we need to look at how much further we can go. In the first instance, we have got to be very focused on the work that has been laid out. For the past three hours or whatever, we have talked about matters which, given the Deputy's huge interest in this area, he has heard before. I respect that. From our perspective, we are making progress on implementing those key measures. A huge amount of work has been done around electric and alternatively fuelled vehicles. There has been good work done around alternative fuels, the biofuels obligation scheme, etc., that are having an impact across those key areas. We have focused really heavily on trying to get serious investment into the public transport space.

In the past I have heard the Deputy talk about the balance between spending on roads and on public transport. We are shifting that balance at this point.

In terms of all those really key things, we are looking at a country that has a dispersed population and where we are technology-takers. We have to focus on the areas, and we have been doing that, where-----

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