Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 4 November 2014

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs

Report on Response to 2014 Country Specific Recommendations for Ireland: Better Europe Alliance

2:50 pm

Mr. Michael Ewing:

Burning peat is an example. I refer to the burning of peat in power stations, in particular. It is an extremely inefficient way of producing heat. If we were to flood our peatlands rather than burn them, we would actually reduce our national carbon emissions by approximately 20%. That is an obvious example of how one actually resolves the issue to some degree in respect of the farmers' emissions.