Darren O'Rourke (Meath East, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I thank the witnesses. I will start on a similar theme to Dr. Beausang relating to sustainability. Following from the last question on the role of anaerobic digestion, the use of biogas, and which sectors they would be useful for, do those include sectors which are hard to decarbonise or heating homes? We hear that those are not included. I am interested in her perspective on that. In her research, she mentioned silage as a feedstock. Has she looked at other feedstocks? Does she think there is a different between that and the type of mitigation that might be necessary? I welcome that she is saying there is a sustainable path forward and potential opportunity here.

I ask our other witnesses to speak on the level of interest from potential providers. Are farmers and producers are interested in this? They are the key enablers to make it happen at scale. They have addressed some related issues, so do not have to repeat what they said. Would they like to add anything else about the renewable heat obligation, RHO, or the support scheme for renewable heat, SSRH? What has been their experience to date of engagement with the Departments of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, the Environment, Climate and Communications and Enterprise, Trade and Employment? What are they hearing that might explain why we are outliers in this area?