Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 13 June 2023

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action

Decarbonisation of the Heat Sector: Discussion

Photo of Brian LeddinBrian Leddin (Limerick City, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

That was a very interesting session. We are going to have another one next week, focusing more on district heating, which we have touched on briefly today. We will look to doing a report that tries to capture some of the major points from these sessions. The idea is that if we agree a report as a cross-party committee, it will then go to Government with recommendations. I must say that what I am hearing is very interesting. The idea that there are a few megatonnes of carbon that can be chased down very quickly is something that we need to take very seriously and act on. There is a bit more digging to be done, perhaps, but we can do that in time. As I said, it would be interesting to get the view of the distribution system operator and the transmission system operator on this as well. With that, I thank our guests for joining us today. It was certainly a very worthwhile engagement. I thank the members for their contributions.

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