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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Climate Change Targets 2026-2030: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Oct 2025)

Naoise Ó Muirí: Maybe the NTA could ensure that a response goes back after this meeting.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Climate Change Targets 2026-2030: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Oct 2025)

Naoise Ó Muirí: Are there any other questions about barriers?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Climate Change Targets 2026-2030: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Oct 2025)

Naoise Ó Muirí: I call Deputy O’Connell.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Climate Change Targets 2026-2030: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Oct 2025)

Naoise Ó Muirí: Mr. Creegan first.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Climate Change Targets 2026-2030: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Oct 2025)

Naoise Ó Muirí: On the point of redirecting, Mr. Creegan is saying the National Transport Authority should not redirect until it gets to a critical mass of the network.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Climate Change Targets 2026-2030: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Oct 2025)

Naoise Ó Muirí: I accept that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Climate Change Targets 2026-2030: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Oct 2025)

Naoise Ó Muirí: Was there somebody else wishing to speak?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Climate Change Targets 2026-2030: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Oct 2025)

Naoise Ó Muirí: Mr. Jackman wanted to come in on a previous point.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Climate Change Targets 2026-2030: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Oct 2025)

Naoise Ó Muirí: I will come back to the Irish Road Haulage Association and ask a couple of questions about its presentation. What is it saying about the future for road haulage? Replacing the older diesel trucks with Euro 6 models is diesel for diesel. There is probably a decarbonisation benefit from the State's perspective but perhaps not a massive one. What are the witnesses saying about HVO and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Climate Change Targets 2026-2030: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Oct 2025)

Naoise Ó Muirí: So effectively, what the association is advocating for is a new generation of diesel truck which opens up biofuels. Is that it in summary?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Climate Change Targets 2026-2030: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Oct 2025)

Naoise Ó Muirí: I thank Mr. Jackman.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Climate Change Targets 2026-2030: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Oct 2025)

Naoise Ó Muirí: Okay. Mr. Cooke talks about support for used EVs, which would be based on a household threshold income. Is he saying that second-hand EVs would need some class of financial support?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Climate Change Targets 2026-2030: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Oct 2025)

Naoise Ó Muirí: There is no build-up of a stock of second-hand EVs that are not selling at the moment.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Climate Change Targets 2026-2030: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Oct 2025)

Naoise Ó Muirí: I thank Mr. Cooke. My next question is for Mr. McPartlan. Could he give a definition of technology neutrality? It is in his statement. Is it technology that is not any worse from a climate-emissions perspective?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Climate Change Targets 2026-2030: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Oct 2025)

Naoise Ó Muirí: Please do.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Climate Change Targets 2026-2030: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Oct 2025)

Naoise Ó Muirí: That is fine. In relation to the statement from the NTA, the NTA has a good overall view as to where things are at. We are looking for barriers that this committee can document and then pragmatically try to advocate for to assist as much as we can to get to the 2030 target. If I was to put Mr. Creegan to the pin of his collar, what are the two barriers the NTA would list? It goes to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Climate Change Targets 2026-2030: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Oct 2025)

Naoise Ó Muirí: Mr. Creegan said the NTA has done work in that area. Is there anything he can share with the committee or send in to us so that we could look at it because it would be of interest?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Climate Change Targets 2026-2030: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Oct 2025)

Naoise Ó Muirí: Brilliant. That would be great.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Climate Change Targets 2026-2030: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Oct 2025)

Naoise Ó Muirí: On that note I thank everyone for coming. We will be publishing all the opening statements on the Oireachtas website. May I presume that is okay? Great, thank you. On behalf of the committee, I thank all the witnesses for their attendance today and for their contributions. It was a very interesting topic and one we will have to come back to.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances (7 Oct 2025)

Naoise Ó Muirí: 574. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on what section within the HSE is responsible for the purchase and evaluation of insulin delivery systems; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53015/25]