Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 24 October 2017
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Renewable Energy Directive: Discussion
4:00 pm
Michelle Mulherin (Fine Gael)
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Deputy Fitzmaurice made an interesting point and Dr. Hendrick answered it. However, is it not the case that we already have installations in this country that are allowed to trade up to a certain emission level and can buy credits? There are such installations and the Deputy is asking whether the farmer could potentially sell those credits to these installations. Obviously, only certain companies fall under this definition and they are already able to trade emissions in some way. That was really Deputy Fitzmaurice's question.