Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation
Dail Éireann — 2022-07-07
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Eamon Ryan (GP), Dublin Bay South

Deputy Griffin is right. With ongoing developments this month, we will have a much clearer idea of what Russia is doing in terms of cutting off gas supplies. That report is due in the third quarter. I discussed it with officials this week. It is critical that it comes at the same time as the hydrogen strategy, which will go to consultation in the coming days, and the Shannon area task force report. To my mind, many of the decisions we need to make are in the Shannon area, in north Kerry. Should we buy into fossil gas, where there is not real security due to such things as that Texas terminal shutting down and the Norwegian strike? Liquefied natural gas, LNG, is always high risk. Should we go into hydrogen, where we convert that offshore wind that we have in abundance into hydrogen that we could use in the likes of Moneypoint, Tarbert, Aughinish Alumina or Irish Cement?

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Sitting date: 2022-07-07