Sustainable Aviation Fuel Task Force
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From: Department of Transport
- Published on: 20 May 2024
- Last updated on: 25 July 2025
Sustainable Aviation Fuels (SAFs) are a ‘drop in’ fuel. This means that they can be blended into fossil-based aviation fuels and can be used in existing aircraft without modification. SAFs are considered sustainable because they have lower lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions compared to traditional fossil-based jet fuels.
Development of a National Sustainable Aviation Fuel Policy Roadmap
The Department of Transport is currently finalising a national SAF Policy Roadmap, targeted for delivery in Q3 of 2025.
To assist in the development of the SAF Policy Roadmap, the Department of Transport established the Sustainable Aviation Fuel Task Force in December of 2023. This Task Force brings together stakeholders with responsibility for, and interest in, policy development and implementation in relation to SAF.
Membership of the Task Force includes Government Departments and Agencies, airlines, airports, academia and representative bodies.
As per the Terms of Reference (ToR), the Task Force will:
- Assist on the development of a national SAF Policy Roadmap, which will help inform policy development and identify the actions necessary to ensure that Ireland can meet its regulatory obligations to decarbonise aviation and consider the broader opportunities for SAF in Ireland.
- Assess the potential for local production of SAFs in the State and to identify what barriers exist to market entry for SAF producers, including competing demand for feedstock and critical paths.
- Identify potential funding streams, including at EU level, established for the purpose of promoting/facilitating the production/uptake of sustainable aviation fuel.
- Act as a facilitator and co-ordinator between Government Departments and industry to support the sharing of information/data and identify any synergies and areas of duplication in relation to SAF.
- Provide a forum for stakeholder engagement to evaluate the deployment of SAF within the Irish context, whether that be through importation of fuels, potential indigenous production, incentives individually or in combination.
The Secretariat to the Sustainable Aviation Fuel Task Force, can be contacted, via emailing DoTSAFTaskForce@transport.gov.ie or writing to:
Department of Transport
Sustainable Aviation Policy Division
Leeson Lane, Dublin, D02 TR60
