Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 7 December 2022

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport

National Aviation Policy: Minister for Transport and Minister of State at the Department of Transport

Photo of Kieran O'DonnellKieran O'Donnell (Limerick City, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

How can that be put into effect? The issue is that all short-haul flights within Europe are caught for the ETS tax but long-haul flights are not. How can the Government, through the Minister, effect change at European Commission level or another level so that the ETS tax is fair and it is spread across all airlines? Is that an issue on which the Minister will be proactive?

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