Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 5 July 2023
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport
Bus Driver Recruitment: Discussion
Mr. Stephen Kent:
Yes. It takes cars off the road, and typically, one has that carbon saving. The second part that is coming through is the conversion of the vehicle into low-emission or zero-emission. In the case of Athlone, it means that for us, in a year, 500 tonnes of CO2 or carbon emissions will be saved, just by running the electric vehicle versus the diesel equivalent. One will get two fronts out of it. If anything, what we will be arguing for is that if we are going to do all of these things, we have to be conscious as well - and I will speak on behalf of the bus company parochially - that there should be carbon credits for the fact that one is providing more environmentally friendly journeys, rather than just pure kilometres alone.
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