Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 28 May 2024
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action
Finalisation of Draft National Energy and Climate Plan and the National Long-Term Strategy: Discussion
Eamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party)
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It is starting to be but we need to get that finalised and confirmed. As I said earlier to Deputy Whitmore, freight is actually one of the biggest challenges in transport and I do not see another alternative. I think the switch to electric would also make rail freight economic where it was not previously. The economics of running a truck from Sligo to Dublin Port and back on a single charge will not work-----