Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 23 February 2017
Public Accounts Committee
2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport
9:00 am
Mr. Graham Doyle:
These targets apply at a national level rather than at a sectoral level. If Ireland fails to meet its targets and ends up having to pay fines, those fines will not be levied on the transport sector or any other individual sector. They will be levied at central level and that is where such payments will be made. The Deputy is correct when she suggests that the challenge in the transport sector is very significant, especially as we try to service increased levels of economic activity. Transport accounts for approximately one third of emissions. Approximately 60% of emissions in the transport space come from private cars, 20% of such emissions come from the freight and haulage industry, and a range of other factors, including public transport, account for the other 20%. The private car accounts for a big chunk-----