Mr. Se?n Finan:

Some of the current policies that are in place, for instance, the renewable electricity support scheme, are based solely on a cost per megawatt hour of electricity. That disenfranchises our sector from contributing to that from a bioenergy perspective because the dispatchable element is not valued, or the rural jobs generated as a result of generating these fuels, and we cannot compete, even though it is seen as a technology-neutral option. By being technology neutral, however, we cannot compete with the other intermittent generators. That flexibility, while it is mentioned on paper, is not there in reality. A full review of the different benefits, which are many and varied, that each type of renewable energy can bring is needed to try to come up with a mechanism and framework by which they can be supported and not disenfranchised. We worry about a list system. If you are not on the list, you are not recognised by the broader political and legislative landscape as being a solution and are then disenfranchised compared with the technologies that are on it.