Mr. David Kelly:

On the impacts on the agricultural sector, I will bow to my colleagues around the table who are closer to that. On feedstocks, the waste sector beyond agriwaste is particularly interesting.

A study that was published today and has gone to consultation shows that 2 tonnes of waste is generated per head of population in this country. Therein lies a great opportunity for us. I acknowledge this is the agriculture committee, but something we should talk about in detail is the compost and brown bin waste that is collected at an urban level.

Mr. Prendergast alluded to my next point. We have been working with our Danish equivalents, namely, Energinet and some of the other gas operators, including Evida. The figure of 200 plants has been bandied around as part of the climate action plan. Denmark started its biomethane sector in 2012, just over ten years ago. It has 55 plants live and there are now days when 100% of its gas is biomethane. It has been exporting two thirds of its gas to Germany, Sweden and other jurisdictions since the Russia-Ukraine crisis erupted. It is very doable, with a relatively minor impact compared with that arising from the large volume of plants that would need to be built.