Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 18 October 2023

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport

Transport Research Arena Event in April 2024: Discussion

Dr. Ciaran McNally:

Yes. We have a number of strategic sessions addressing the need for alternative energies and the way they work. The Deputy mentioned electrification and this is a challenge across Europe. However, for aviation and also marine transport, there is a need for what are termed sustainable alternative fuels and quite a bit of work is happening in that area. We have a number of sessions planned on this. We are bringing together the energy agencies and some major companies and we also have the airlines and shipping companies involved. Again, the idea is to see how we are making progress in these areas. By bringing all of the key stakeholders together, we can identify bottlenecks and challenges. There can be issues associated with, say, a technological development which solves a lot of problems but there may be a logistical issue that stops this development being implemented. By bringing everyone together, we get a chance to try to iron those out.

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