Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 21 October 2021

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport

Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals

Mr. Ronan Gallagher:

As I understand it, subject to colleagues if I make a misstep, these are related to the Paris Agreement and the Green New Deal at a European level. These are things that the country has been signed up to. Overall, there are a series of fines and financial penalties for not meeting the targets but within these provisions there is no fining basis. The Commission is presenting these as a roadmap, for want of a better term, to help member states move towards achievement of their target in a co-ordinated way. If we do not live up to the obligations in, for instance, the alternative fuels infrastructure regulation, AFIR, there is no direct fine associated with that. If in not living up to those targets we miss our overall targets, as I understand it, there are financial penalties for that and, of course, the reputational piece.

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