AmCham response to Consultation on an Update of the National Policy Framework for Alternative Fuels Infrastructure for Transport

AmCham welcomes the opportunity to respond to the Department of Transport’s public consultation on its update of the National Policy Framework for Alternative Fuels Infrastructure for Transport. The transport sector represents 19.4% of Ireland’s greenhouse gas emissions, and whilst other sectors decreased their emissions in 2022, transport saw an increase of 6%. As the consultation document notes, the “availability and supply of alternative fuels infrastructure in transport acts as a key support and enabling mechanism to the wider decarbonisation of the sector.”

Timely infrastructural development for alternative fuels will be crucial in ensuring that Ireland’s transport
industry is able to decarbonise within the appropriate timeframe. AmCham members support decarbonisation measures: 42% of AmCham members aim to be carbon neutral by 2030, with this rising to 64% of members by 2040. To support Ireland’s competitiveness and ensure that decarbonisation ambitions are feasible in reality, the Department must address the challenges that industry currently faces in switching to alternative fuels for transport.

Read AmCham's full submission here