Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 12 July 2023
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport
Decarbonisation Strategy for Aviation and Shipping Sectors: Minister of State at the Department of Transport
Jack Chambers (Dublin West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source
At the moment, we have no production and all aviation fuel is imported. It is too early to say whether the recommendations from the group in the short- to medium term will be on looking at the consumption piece to incentivise greater use or whether they will be to incentivise production early and develop a greater production capacity. This is very much about getting that rounded view. Obviously, we have ambition in the mid-west and in other areas on SAF. Whatever we do, however, it is about taking a long-term strategic view on that. It is too early to say how many or where but we are ambitious to meet our overall obligations on SAF and that very much aligns with our wider energy policy.
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