Mr. Niall ? Brolch?in:

It is possible. There are certain varieties of tree which it is possible to plant on wet peatlands, such as black alder and willow. That is done in some countries for biomass. Willow seems to be pretty good.

The Deputy asked a question about biomass. Many countries have district heating schemes that work quite well on wetlands and biomass. They provide biomass for heating schemes. The big problem we have in Ireland is the dispersed nature of our population, because what such schemes generally do is sell heat rather than electricity. The generation of electricity is not efficient, but the selling of heat at a community level can be. However, it depends on villages and not piping the heat too far from the source.