Emer Currie (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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286. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the sustainable aviation fuel policy roadmap will be published given its importance in supporting decarbonisation efforts across the aviation sector and meeting Ireland’s climate targets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45019/25]

Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal East, Fianna Fail)
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I am pleased to confirm that my Department published Ireland’s first Sustainable Aviation Fuel Policy Roadmap on the 21st of August 2025, fulfilling a clear commitment in the Programme for Government.

The aviation sector faces a particular challenge to decarbonise, and the development and deployment of Sustainable Aviation Fuels or 'SAFs' will play a crucial role in helping us reach our decarbonisation goals, which will enable our aviation industry to operate and develop in a sustainable manner.

To assist in the development of the Roadmap, the Department of Transport established the Sustainable Aviation Fuel Task Force in December of 2023, bringing together key stakeholders with responsibility for, and interest in, policy development and implementation in relation to SAF.

With the assistance of the Task Force and an extensive series of wider bilateral meetings, the Roadmap represents an important first step in developing Ireland’s national SAF policy, identifying a number of actions which will be built upon in future iterations, and setting a path for future SAF policy development.

The Sustainable Aviation Fuel Policy Roadmap is available at www.gov.ie/en/department-of-transport/publications/sustainable-aviation-fuel-task-force/.