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

Photo of Michael FitzmauriceMichael Fitzmaurice (Roscommon-Galway, Independent)
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Can I just ask Mr. Brady one question? Does it make sense to import this biomass, burn it at 40% efficiency to produce electricity and pay the person to participate in the RHI because we are not providing an incentive to Irish farmers to produce something when it can be bought or produced cheaper abroad? We will never solve it if that is the road we go down.