Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 27 November 2019
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action
Developing Ireland's Sustainable Transport System: Discussion
Mr. Kevin Brady:
On that point, I refer back to the NECP. The key part of that consultation at the start of the year and the development of that plan is that 2030 cannot be an end in itself. The year 2030 has to be a step on the way to 2050. That was part of the NECP consultation. With regard to the example the Deputy gave in his question, if one compares that to the level of detail in the NECP, it is a much higher level. It is fair to say the long-term strategy will not state we will have X% hydrogen, X% natural gas and Y% electric vehicles as it is at a much broader, higher level. That is why it comes at the end of the process. However, the input into the long-term strategy will not just be this consultation, but the inputs from the previous NECP consultation which included that.