Ms Bernie Gray:

Deputy Eamon Ryan will know that various sources of energy have different levels of efficiency. Biomass is at an early stage of development in its role as an energy source. Coillte is committed to using it as far as it can but its commercial applicability beyond that is still subject to further study. The same argument applies to onshore and offshore wind as to which is the most efficient in energy generation. The technology behind it will continue to change with respect to increasing its efficiency as an energy source but at this point, Coillte does not have any specific plans other than its use of biomass currently within its own plants producing Smartply and Medite.