Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 7 October 2021
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport
Shannon Group: Chairperson Designate
Mr. Pádraig Ó Céidigh:
First, we would look at our infrastructure and where we get our energy from to see if there are ways we can be much more energy efficient, taking in the environmental requirements as well as we can. In other words, it is about how we operate internally? As part of our conversations with airlines we can look at their environmental strategies. It is an issue we can raise with them but in respect of which we cannot influence them. We can emphasise that that is an important part of our raison d'êtrein regard to who we are.
I am also keen to learn what other airports do in this particular space and what type of models they use. I do not have that information yet. It is very early stages. This is only at concept stage in my mind. I have done some reading on it and I have had a couple of Zoom calls with some people in this space, in particular a professor in the US who is in this space, but it is too early for me to give any detailed comment at this stage.
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