Mr. Denis O'Sullivan:

I was aware that the European Investment Bank was considering, as part of its regular review of policy, its ongoing investment in certain gas infrastructure. We engaged extensively with it. In fact, quite recently we closed off significant funding for our own infrastructure from it. We see the use of CNG as an extremely important pathway to the use of renewable gas in transport. It gives the transport sector an option that it does not have to use a carbon neutral fuel source. We should not dismiss the benefits of a 20% reduction in carbon emissions that would occur in moving from diesel to natural gas. It could be an interim step on our way to using renewable gas.