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Oisín Coughlan

👤 Speaker
211 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

Podcast Appearances

The Claire Byrne Show
Is the Government doing enough to cut Ireland’s reliance on fossil fuels?

So I think we're going to have to trade with China for this because we can't certainly rely on the US on some of these issues.

The Claire Byrne Show
Is the Government doing enough to cut Ireland’s reliance on fossil fuels?

But I also want to mention on the transport side, school buses.

The Claire Byrne Show
Is the Government doing enough to cut Ireland’s reliance on fossil fuels?

One school bus company, that's a coach company, had to pull out of school bus runs last week after Easter because they couldn't longer make it pay.

The Claire Byrne Show
Is the Government doing enough to cut Ireland’s reliance on fossil fuels?

So that's such a no-brainer, as in

The Claire Byrne Show
Is the Government doing enough to cut Ireland’s reliance on fossil fuels?

we have a very limited amount of school buses, whereas even in the US, the free market of the world, they have lots more school buses.

The Claire Byrne Show
Is the Government doing enough to cut Ireland’s reliance on fossil fuels?

By next September, the government should be saying, saying now and doing it by September, that anyone who wants a school bus to school can get it and also invest in those safe walking routes and safe cycling routes.

The Claire Byrne Show
Is the Government doing enough to cut Ireland’s reliance on fossil fuels?

We see the congestion from school traffic and we see, therefore, the cost of that for people in terms of time and money.

The Claire Byrne Show
Is the Government doing enough to cut Ireland’s reliance on fossil fuels?

Those are the sort of things.

The Claire Byrne Show
Is the Government doing enough to cut Ireland’s reliance on fossil fuels?

We just need them to actually show they get where we are.

The Claire Byrne Show
Is the Government doing enough to cut Ireland’s reliance on fossil fuels?

And some sort of scrappage scheme for oil boilers.

The Claire Byrne Show
Is the Government doing enough to cut Ireland’s reliance on fossil fuels?

Again, the grants for heat pumps are often going to people who have gas already and who can afford it.

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