Pearse Doherty (Donegal, Sinn Fein)
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We also need the sector to move from using a diesel engine to a more sustainable type of engine. I appreciate what the witnesses said about Brexit. I come from a Border community and I hear about all the challenges, and God knows how it will end up. We need to move to having a far more sustainable system. Where does Ms Murphy see the road haulage sector in ten or 15 years' time? Will it still be relying on a diesel engine? We have read of an electric roads model. Scania was involved in a partnership in Sweden incorporating a hybrid. Does that represent the future? People in Donegal who might be listening in would say we cannot even get the potholes in the roads repaired, never mind talking about having electric roads. Is that the type of model for which we need to plan or where does Ms Murphy envisage the sector will be in ten, 15 or 20 years' time?