Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 8 October 2025

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy

Climate Change Targets 2026-2030: Discussion (Resumed)

2:00 am

Mr. Brian Cooke:

We have to be realistic about this. If you look at the various versions of the climate action plan, the biggest investment is in public transport. That is the real answer to the question but that will not deliver enough between now and 2030. We have to do everything that is in those plans. We have to increase public transport, improve the fuels, improve active travel and introduce electric vehicles. We cannot ignore the fact fleet electrification is a fundamental pillar and the various climate action plans over recent years have identified that, not the motor industry, as the biggest emissions abatement between now and 2026 and 2030. That is not me saying that. It is the Government's own documents saying that. That is the way. If we want to reduce emissions quickly and effectively, the way we can do it is by moving to fleet electrification.

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