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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Coach Sector: Discussion (19 Oct 2022)

Kieran O'Donnell: They are at 50 km/h. Then the small HGVs are better at 50 km/h. It is very interesting that when one goes down into the lower range, in many cases they are all very highly inefficient. With emissions, if traffic is free-flowing it is fine in many cases when travelling at low kilometres per hour. For example, a small petrol car is far more inefficient doing 20 km/h than 110 km/h, which is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Coach Sector: Discussion (19 Oct 2022)

Kieran O'Donnell: If we consider the small petrol car, which many people would have, it is far more inefficient when travelling below 50 km/h. It is the same at 50 km/h, but it is highly inefficient at 30 km/h. It is very inefficient at 20 km/h, and it is highly inefficient altogether at 10 km/h. It is best at 60 km/h. Going back to the question, the model is really built around getting free-flowing...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Coach Sector: Discussion (19 Oct 2022)

Kieran O'Donnell: On average, cars are at their most efficient when travelling at between 50 km/h, 60 km/h and 70 km/h. Is that correct?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Coach Sector: Discussion (19 Oct 2022)

Kieran O'Donnell: They are very good at 50 km/h. They are very good around urban driving and are very suitable for that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Coach Sector: Discussion (19 Oct 2022)

Kieran O'Donnell: At 110 km/h, a small electric vehicle is not quite as bad as a small petrol car, but it is getting there. It is still better than a diesel combustion car or a petrol combustion car on the motorway. Am I right?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Coach Sector: Discussion (19 Oct 2022)

Kieran O'Donnell: Can Mr. Brady explain to me, as an ordinary person, why those greenhouse gas emissions are higher than one would expect at the higher speeds?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Coach Sector: Discussion (19 Oct 2022)

Kieran O'Donnell: I am talking about PHEVs. What are they?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Coach Sector: Discussion (19 Oct 2022)

Kieran O'Donnell: So, they are still hybrids.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Coach Sector: Discussion (19 Oct 2022)

Kieran O'Donnell: Did TII carry out an analysis of electric-only cars?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Coach Sector: Discussion (19 Oct 2022)

Kieran O'Donnell: Has TII any empirical work as to what those greenhouse gas emissions are at the various speeds? Can TII do that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Coach Sector: Discussion (19 Oct 2022)

Kieran O'Donnell: Has TII been able to do any empirical work on that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Coach Sector: Discussion (19 Oct 2022)

Kieran O'Donnell: Could I ask that you would?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Coach Sector: Discussion (19 Oct 2022)

Kieran O'Donnell: That is something we would like to see. We are looking at appendix A, which is missing a huge element that we are looking to push in the context of electric cars. We would ask that TII would carry out this empirical work and come back to us on that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Coach Sector: Discussion (19 Oct 2022)

Kieran O'Donnell: This is a matter we will come back to. Our guests have further work to do, and we ask that if they have the information on EV cars, they give it to us. For an ordinary person looking in, the issue is fascinating. In general, the public now wants to get on board with climate action but, obviously, it has to be practical and, for many people, sustainable. Appendix A is very interesting. It...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Coach Sector: Discussion (19 Oct 2022)

Kieran O'Donnell: Have terms of reference been agreed?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Coach Sector: Discussion (19 Oct 2022)

Kieran O'Donnell: Who will carry out the work?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Coach Sector: Discussion (19 Oct 2022)

Kieran O'Donnell: The organisations are finalising the scope of the work they will do.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Coach Sector: Discussion (19 Oct 2022)

Kieran O'Donnell: I think it requires a full body of work in respect of all the road networks. Otherwise, it will be complete. In the work they do initially on EVs, our guests might integrate this matter into that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Coach Sector: Discussion (19 Oct 2022)

Kieran O'Donnell: Do our guests have documentation on EV cars that they could include?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Coach Sector: Discussion (19 Oct 2022)

Kieran O'Donnell: Our guests might send us that as well. I thank Mr. Brady and Ms Hughes for assisting the committee on this important matter. The next meeting of the joint committee will be a private session on MS Teams at 4 p.m. on Tuesday, 25 October 2022.