Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 23 March 2023

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action

Climate Action Plan 2023: Discussion (Resumed)

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

I did want to comment on that because the Senator asked if we should do congestion charges now. That is how I heard it. My instinct is "No", we should do the road space reallocation first.

The Senator is right that we do need to introduce the E10 fuel because it is a significant component in meeting our climate targets for 2030 and for 2025. There is a time urgency on this. I will look at the issue the Senator mentioned as an example. It is my understanding that the cars for which this may present difficulty are very much vintage cars that are more than 20 years old. This is what I am informed by. Even there, if a car is well serviced and so on, it may not be an insurmountable problem. I will look at the-----

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