Written answers
Wednesday, 17 January 2024
Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
Research and Development
Denis Naughten (Roscommon-Galway, Independent)
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203. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will list the ongoing research commissioned under the remit of his Department through the North-South Ministerial Council or Shared Island Initiative or through other all-island arrangements; if he will outline the research that has been completed; the date of publication of the research since the signing of the Good Friday Agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56924/23]
Eamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party)
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My Department is progressing the delivery of a feasibility study for a green hydrogen refuelling corridor on a possible eastern green transport corridor between Belfast and Dublin. This study is co-funded by my Department, the Shared Island Fund and the Northern Irish Department for the Economy.
In relation to relevant research that has been completed, from the records available to my Department, it is noted that a review of the safety regulatory and infrastructural frameworks for the use of hydrogen as a transport fuel in Ireland and in Northern Ireland has been finalised. This review was co-funded by the Shared Island Fund. My officials are considering this finalised report and will be presenting it to me soon with a view to publishing it thereafter.
As the Deputy is aware, the purpose of the Shared Island research programme is to provide high-quality evidence and analysis on the opportunities, and the challenges, around deepening cooperation and connections on the island.
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