Written answers

Wednesday, 28 April 2021

Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport

Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Photo of Darren O'RourkeDarren O'Rourke (Meath East, Sinn Fein)
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190. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the latest breakdown of the greenhouse gas emissions in the transport sector, by road transport, aviation and so on; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21220/21]

Photo of Eamon RyanEamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party)
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Responsibility for monitoring Ireland’s greenhouse gas emissions falls to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), who prepare our national emissions inventories and projections. These publications allow Government to assess progress towards decarbonisation targets across a range of sectors. The transport sector, for its part, accounts for about 12 MtCO2or 20% of Ireland’s emissions; transport emissions will need to be at least halved by 2030 in line with Programme for Government commitments.

The National Energy Balance, which is produced by SEAI, presents detailed information on how and where energy is used in Ireland for a given year—including showing the flow of energy from production and transformation to total final consumption. This information is useful in ascertaining the emission profile of the various segments in the transport sector. Using information from the 2019 National Energy Balance, breakdown of transport emissions in 2019 is estimated to be as shown in the table below.

Breakdown of Transport Emissions (2019)
ktoe
Transport 5,228 %
Road Private Car 2,075 39.69
International Aviation 1,110 21.24
Road Freight 787 15.05
Unspecified 463 8.86
Road Light Goods Vehicle 271 5.18
Fuel Tourism 245 4.68
Public Passenger Services 137 2.63
Navigation 89 1.71
Rail 44 0.85
Domestic Aviation 6 0.11
Source: SEAI

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