Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 30 March 2022

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs

European Union Response to the War in Ukraine: Discussion

Photo of Thomas ByrneThomas Byrne (Meath East, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I am not going to add to that speculation because there is genuinely nothing on the table in that regard at the moment. We do not want to cause any fears or runs. I can speak to what I see happening, and I have spoken to people involved in it, which is that countries are buying up gas from other places and trying to ship it in. There are pipelines as well that may be under-utilised from other parts of Eurasia that do not affect Russia. There is a lot of work going on. President Biden's announcement last week was very significant. What we need to do is reduce our dependence and move on then to renewables as well.

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