Jack Chambers (Dublin West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

In the economic analysis, the expectation is that the cost will come down as production scales up. That is why there is huge ambition in the regulatory signals the EU file has offered. There is a number of big players in the European market that are developing SAF production.

We just need to make sure from an Irish context that we are involved. However, it is broader than that. For example, the two main carriers in Ireland, Ryanair and Aer Lingus, have a good pipeline of new aircraft which are 20% to 25% more fuel efficient. Over the period of a year and the way airlines sweat an asset, that has an enormous reduction in their current fuel demand. Second, AirNav Ireland, which was formerly the Irish Aviation Authority, has been at the forefront of European air traffic control and making sure we have much more efficient traffic systems in the European context which can provide proper fuel savings. It is also within airports themselves. It is the combined basket of measures which will make a big difference. Sustainable aviation fuel, SAF, has a role because it will do a lot of the heavy lifting but the cumulative impact of the other measures can be very positive too.