Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 31 January 2023

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action

Engagement with the Commission for Regulation of Utilities

Ms Aoife MacEvilly:

I might start with the decarbonisation of gas. We have a strategy or vision to reduce our reliance on natural gas by decarbonising the gas network, introducing renewable gas and ultimately moving to green hydrogen. That strategy is outlined in our strategic plans. While it may not be called out in our detailed 2023 work plan, I am sure there is work that we will be engaged on in that strategy. That is the vision. An overarching Government policy sets the framework here. We have the climate action plan and we are also engaging with the Department on the green hydrogen strategy. There is real potential here.