Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 8 March 2023

Committee on Budgetary Oversight

Report of the Commission on Taxation and Welfare: Discussion (Resumed)

Mr. Eugene Drennan:

The manufacturers that signed up to that agreement gave an ultimatum to the EU recently. They told the EU to make up its mind about whether it wants alternative fuels or diesel. They have no choice but to go diesel because they cannot make both. They cannot manufacture both because they cannot get the component parts. They cannot run the lines and they do not have the people to do it. It is not feasible. Germany has stepped back recently and admitted it will be diesel for the interim, if not the long term.

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