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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (21 Oct 2021)

Gerry Horkan: This will be something then like the 80:20 rule where 20% of ships are responsible for 80% of the emissions, or something similar.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (21 Oct 2021)

Gerry Horkan: It would not be a data centre but it would be a considerable amount of energy all the same.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (21 Oct 2021)

Gerry Horkan: Is it only a small number of ports that would be affected by that? It is not all the ports like Killybegs, although I know there are big ships in fishing as well. Is every port affected or is it only three or four ports?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (21 Oct 2021)

Gerry Horkan: Obviously, this applies right across the EU and it is not just Ireland. I suppose it will not affect Britain or is there some interlinking proposal? For example, a cruise ship might decide not to come to Ireland and to go to Southampton, Portsmouth or wherever because the EU ports are more expensive relative to the UK ones. Is that a consideration?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (21 Oct 2021)

Gerry Horkan: They will apply to the other 26.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (21 Oct 2021)

Gerry Horkan: Will the fuel arrive already blended and just go into the tanks as is? It is not a case of the airport having to blend it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (21 Oct 2021)

Gerry Horkan: That is COM (2021) 561.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (21 Oct 2021)

Gerry Horkan: That will most likely increase fares as it will put a charge onto the airlines.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (21 Oct 2021)

Gerry Horkan: From an Irish perspective, we are more dependent on aviation than any other EU countries except Malta and Cyprus. Everyone else is connected by rail.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (21 Oct 2021)

Gerry Horkan: Is the EU scheme more onerous than the international scheme?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (21 Oct 2021)

Gerry Horkan: Is it 50% more expensive or 10% more expensive?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (21 Oct 2021)

Gerry Horkan: It would be useful for us to know because, obviously, we are competing with other parts of the world and places not too far away that are not in the EU scheme. If it is ten times more expensive or 10% more expensive, it is important to know that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (21 Oct 2021)

Gerry Horkan: I did not mention "The Late Late Show", I mentioned late bars, but anyway.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (21 Oct 2021)

Gerry Horkan: Who sets the price? What is the mechanism? Is it decided by the European Commission? Who does this?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (21 Oct 2021)

Gerry Horkan: I am trying to bring together all the different thoughts. As a State we have signed up to cutting our emissions and we have to get to that, regardless of how we do it. If we do more on transport, arguably we might have to do a little less on agriculture, if we did a bit more on agriculture, we would have to do a little less on transport. Whether we like it or not we as a Parliament, be it...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (21 Oct 2021)

Gerry Horkan: Yes, but that does not affect us. We do not need to do a reasoned opinion on a COM because of the position on LNG. That is not one of the COMs-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (21 Oct 2021)

Gerry Horkan: What we are saying is there are six COMs, three of them are aviation related, one is maritime related and one is to do with cars and so on, and the Department is not telling us we need to flag any of them, but we may choose to say the aviation one is just too vague or that the car one is. We do not manufacture cars but obviously over time cars are to be become more efficient. We all accept...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (21 Oct 2021)

Gerry Horkan: The alternatives are, I suppose, matters for the Chairman or the clerk.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (21 Oct 2021)

Gerry Horkan: Some people are suggesting the committee should bring in many more groups to discuss this issue. We may not be able to do that.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Oct 2021)

Gerry Horkan: First, I would like to extend my deepest sympathies and condolences to the family and friends of Sir David Amess MP, who I had reason to meet a number of times. He was also an alternate on the British-Irish Parliamentary Assembly, as I was in the last term. What happened to him last Friday was truly shocking. I wish to place on the record my condolences, which I extend to his friends and...