Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 11 June 2019

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment

Financial Implications of the Petroleum and Other Minerals (Amendment) (Climate Emergency Measures) Bill 2018: Discussion

Photo of Seán CanneySeán Canney (Galway East, Independent)
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I am not a scientist, but it involves taking hydrogen from gas which could include 30% hydrogen. It could be delivered to homes and appliances using the existing infrastructure in place Ireland. That type of technology is still in its infancy, but it is being worked on and researched. We must not make all of our existing infrastructure redundant only to find in ten, 20 or 30 years that some new technology could be used with it.