Mr. Declan Meally:

We do. There are a number of engagements. Over the years we have had much work with the commercial operators on efficiency opportunities. That was with bus operators and including the public buses, Dublin Bus and the operators of the bus fleets. One group we work with that the Deputy may know is Matthews Coaches. It goes up and down the east coast. We went through much efficiency training with that operator and it was able to save €60,000 off its annual fuel bills just by looking at how to operate the fleet more efficiently.

On fuels of the future, the Deputy is right to ask whether it is going to be electric for the large-scale commercials. It is unlikely. It may be some form of hydrogen or the liquefied petroleum gas, LPG, in terms of some of the gas operators. We obviously work with the Department of Transport as well as the commercial fleet operators to see what the opportunities are and to do some research into this area and what the technologies will be. They are very expensive at the moment. On what is there, the Department of Transport provides some opportunities to do some research and to trial some vehicles in that area.