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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (22 Feb 2022)
Brian Leddin: ...in the Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications as well. They are also very welcome this morning. Before beginning I will read the note on privilege. I remind the witnesses of the long-standing parliamentary practice that they should not criticise or make charges against any person or entity outside the Houses by name or in such a way as to make him, her or it...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (22 Feb 2022)
...is going through the directive article by article. It is quite lengthy so there will be a number of meetings. What is Mr. Ryan's sense of how many of these meetings will be involved and how long that might take?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (22 Feb 2022)
Brian Leddin: ...these proposals suggest that hydrogen would be mixed with natural gas to lower its carbon intensity. That is just about the worst use of hydrogen we can have. That is locking in gas use for a long time, for decades to come. If we go down the road of saying that this is how we use hydrogen, it is a very inefficient use by the time the renewable electricity has been converted to...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (22 Feb 2022)
...to move from one asset base of natural gas to hydrogen. It is essentially a roadway away from fossil fuels. Third, there is an express provision in the legislation that member states cannot enter long-term contracts for natural gas beyond 2049. A long-term contract for gas is a one-year contract. This is the first time we have seen an actual obligation that member states simply cannot...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (22 Feb 2022)
Alice-Mary Higgins: ...image and, indeed, to support that across Europe. In respect of the taxonomy piece, if there is dilution, it will not only mean investment going in to gas, gas infrastructure and the prolongation of gas infrastructure, but it is also investment that will go against the truly sustainable future in terms of green hydrogen. There is a tension. I ask the witnesses to comment on whether...