Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 5 July 2023

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation

Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals - Net Zero Industry Act

Ms Gillian Kinsella:

Deputy Shanahan's original question was about technologies and where we go first and what the priority should be. One point to stress is the fact that the net zero industry Act seeks to prioritise on the basis of a set of criteria. I recognise that a full impact assessment has not been completed at this point but it does look to put in place a framework based on technology revenues, manufacturing and, probably most importantly, the need to decarbonise. It has put forward a number of technologies on that basis. I think there was a reference or a question earlier about maybe taking a more flexible approach. In considering that, the key thing to bear in mind is that this approach as put forward does provide certainty. Any flexible approach needs to be considered in that context and as to whether it maybe erodes the certainty that would be provided to certain sectors, particularly hydrogen, in which we are looking to start a full market.

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