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Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (13 Jul 2023)

Martin Kenny: 234. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department has made funding available for the N17 upgrade works as outlined in the national development plan; if he will provide an outline of works set to be undertaken with a timeline for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34863/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (13 Jul 2023)

Martin Kenny: 235. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department has made funding available for the N2 upgrade works as outlined in the National Development Plan; if he will provide an outline of works set to be undertaken with a timeline for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34864/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (13 Jul 2023)

Martin Kenny: 236. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he or his officials have met with stakeholders involved in a campaign (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34865/23]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Decarbonisation Strategy for Aviation and Shipping Sectors: Minister of State at the Department of Transport (12 Jul 2023)

Martin Kenny: I thank the Minister of State and his staff for attending the meeting. Emissions from the international aviation and maritime sector are not currently counted within the carbon budget. It is estimated that shipping emissions account for 2.3% of domestic emissions. Most of that is in the international context. Is it the case, as I understand it, that just under 20% of carbon emissions...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Decarbonisation Strategy for Aviation and Shipping Sectors: Minister of State at the Department of Transport (12 Jul 2023)

Martin Kenny: To clarify, is that the international figure?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Decarbonisation Strategy for Aviation and Shipping Sectors: Minister of State at the Department of Transport (12 Jul 2023)

Martin Kenny: It says 2.3% in the documentation in front of me.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Decarbonisation Strategy for Aviation and Shipping Sectors: Minister of State at the Department of Transport (12 Jul 2023)

Martin Kenny: They are indeed very back-ended.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Decarbonisation Strategy for Aviation and Shipping Sectors: Minister of State at the Department of Transport (12 Jul 2023)

Martin Kenny: I understand that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Decarbonisation Strategy for Aviation and Shipping Sectors: Minister of State at the Department of Transport (12 Jul 2023)

Martin Kenny: The Minister of State mentioned there will be an additional cost on airlines to transition. In addition, the expectation is that fuel will be more expensive. Will that change in time, with the prices expected to reduce? At the moment, it can be very cheap for people to fly in some cases. Some would say it is too cheap. In other cases, it is much more expensive. There needs to be some...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Decarbonisation Strategy for Aviation and Shipping Sectors: Minister of State at the Department of Transport (12 Jul 2023)

Martin Kenny: How much more expensive is SAF now in comparison? Is it twice the price?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Decarbonisation Strategy for Aviation and Shipping Sectors: Minister of State at the Department of Transport (12 Jul 2023)

Martin Kenny: There is a steep hill to be climbed.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Decarbonisation Strategy for Aviation and Shipping Sectors: Minister of State at the Department of Transport (12 Jul 2023)

Martin Kenny: So it is getting to 2%.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Decarbonisation Strategy for Aviation and Shipping Sectors: Minister of State at the Department of Transport (12 Jul 2023)

Martin Kenny: The trajectory is obvious; it is going to get more expensive to fly.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Decarbonisation Strategy for Aviation and Shipping Sectors: Minister of State at the Department of Transport (12 Jul 2023)

Martin Kenny: That seems to be the case.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Decarbonisation Strategy for Aviation and Shipping Sectors: Minister of State at the Department of Transport (12 Jul 2023)

Martin Kenny: It has to.

Mortgage Interest Relief: Motion (20 Sep 2023)

Martin Kenny: We are here again after over a year of continuous interest rate increases which people have had to try to bear. I say this in the context of the huge cost-of-living pressures across almost every sector. All the household needs for which people have to pay, such as the cost of putting fuel in their cars or insurance, have gone up and up. One of the areas on which the Government does and can...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Car Testing: Discussion (20 Sep 2023)

Martin Kenny: I thank our guests for their contributions and opening statements. Car testing is an issue across the country. Averages are a tyranny in these situations. Someone said one time that if a billionaire moved into your parish, the average income of everyone would go up by an awful lot but it would not do a lot for everybody else. It is a similar scenario here. We find that in certain areas,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Car Testing: Discussion (20 Sep 2023)

Martin Kenny: I would accept that in normal circumstances but we are not in normal circumstances. We need to look at reality. I acknowledge that Mr. Synnott said he is not aware of the delays to which I referred but the committee members are aware of it. Our constituents have told us that and I do not think they are ringing up to tell us lies. They have issues.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Car Testing: Discussion (20 Sep 2023)

Martin Kenny: Our constituents feel a great unfairness that they have to wait. They are being told they cannot get a test for a number of months and once they do, it is only a short number of months later that they have to go back for a second test. In the circumstances we are in now, perhaps a process could be put in place. If, due to no fault of the person who owns the car, he or she has had to wait...