Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 24 March 2022
Public Accounts Committee
Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland: Financial Statements 2020
9:30 am
Verona Murphy (Wexford, Independent) | Oireachtas source
Mr. Meally should be aware, so that he can take the information back, that every gas truck is now parked up on a forecourt because gas has now exceeded the price of even diesel, which is extraordinary. The Department and all of the relevant groups that attended were advised that it was not a viable option to only have gas trucks, particularly for an island nation, because gas trucks cannot be shipped in a ship's hull. It just cannot be done. There has to be a level of engagement greater than that required to just tick the box. Input from the sector, which has knowledge of what it is doing, must be recognised. That is very important if we are ever to have alternative energy in the commercial sector on an island.
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