Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 8 October 2025
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy
Climate Change Targets 2026-2030: Discussion (Resumed)
2:00 am
Mr. Paul Jackman:
Yes. If we had a model Euro 6 diesel truck ticking over here during this meeting, not one of us would ask to leave the room. They are incredibly clean. They have done tests in Munich that show that what is coming out of the exhaust is cleaner than what has gone into the air filter because the treatment system is so good. Between that and transitional fuels, the Euro 6 and 7 trucks will be part of the mix. The fact that we have not even accelerated our support for that in any way has resulted in the trucks here being old. In Dublin, our capital, in particular, there is no advantage in running a Euro 6 or 7 truck in the city or even an electric truck versus a 1988 Euro 0 truck. The dots are not connected.