Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 13 October 2022

Public Accounts Committee

2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications
2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General - Chapter 9: Implementation of the National Broadband Plan

9:30 am

Mr. Mark Griffin:

One of the funding projects related to biomethane and was to be funded by REPowerEU. I cannot recall precisely what the second project related to EU. I undertook, while the Deputy was still in the room, to come back with a comprehensive answer about where things are with this stream of funding, projects that have or have not been put forward and where we stand on the potential receipt of moneys from the EU to support projects such as the one the Deputy outlined. Biomethane is an important part of our climate action plan. It is referred to in the plan. We want to significantly increase the volume of biomethane being pumped into the national gas network. We want to increase the level of anaerobic digestion on farms. That was discussed when we were setting the sectoral emission ceilings at the end of July. This is an important issue.

We will follow up and we will provide the Deputy with a very comprehensive response.

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