Mr. Eugene Drennan:

That is the point we are making. The safety aspect means they will not be viable here. They are not readily available at the moment anyway. The future lies in further developments in cleaning up diesel with new technologies. For now, we have the step-by-step approach, and if we get the supports we have just spoken about, we can reach our target by 2030.

On the solar issue, the impediment for hauliers is the buy-back from the ESB. The ESB has a system under which it will only buy back at the level we take in and we are graded. We have a lot of warehouses and sheds and many people are interested in solar, but there is the added cost of the solid-state battery to take in and hold any excessive charge. If the roof space is large, we are talking about quite a considerable investment in the battery on top of the solar investment. There is no incentive in terms of carbon credits or the ability to trade such credits. The incentives are not there in reality. We were going to look for a scheme similar to the one that applies to farmers but it is not viable because there is no real incentive.

I will ask Mr. Jackman to respond to the question on the way forward and the developments coming on stream in the context of Ireland being an island.