Eamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

One thing I forgot to mention earlier is that the Department last year provided funding of €200,000 for further research into the development of sustainable aviation fuels. My understanding of how this will work in Europe is that there will be flexibility at first. It will not be the same for every airport, airline and country and it will be possible for airlines to purchase fuels across markets, and to be flexible as to how the targets are met.

With regard to Europe in general, what President von der Leyen said here last week is true. Europe is betting the entire European economic strategy on this new Green Deal. We are going to invest in decarbonisation and be very ambitious when it comes to decarbonisation. That will impact the aviation sector like every other.