Brian Leddin (Limerick City, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

I thank Mr. Cooke for that. We would be very interested if he could provide further information on that. Indeed, that applies to any of the witnesses. If they want to send in additional information to us, we are happy to receive it and would consider it when we do our report.

Turning to Dr. Ó Tuama, I saw a headline recently on the potential in the UK for e-bikes to reduce carbon emissions.

It was 25 megatonnes in the UK, which is a huge amount of carbon emissions. Perhaps Dr. Ó Tuama is aware of the study, and if he is, I would like to hear more about it. Does Dr. Ó Tuama know of studies that specifically look to the potential for electric bikes? It seems to me we are simply not appreciating the potential for electric bikes to cover those 5 km to 10 km journeys. If we capture those journeys, or anything under 5 km, by bikes or e-bikes, then we are solving a lot of problems around transport. Of course they will not cover the interurban journey or perhaps those rural-generated journeys, but a huge proportion of journeys could be transitioned across to e-bikes. I would be interested to hear if the witness has anything to say on that.