Mr. P.J. McCarthy:

It was a valid observation. We are being guided by best practice and a European policy perspective. When the European Commission undertook a comprehensive study in 2016 and 2017, it identified Ireland as having the greatest potential of all other member states to produce biogas. That is a fact. We have the resources and ability to deliver. Interestingly, 95% of that will come from agricultural sources. We are a population of approximately 4.5 million people and are not the same as, for example, the UK. The opportunity presented by food waste is being taken up even as we speak. There is an opportunity, given that there are two separate entities developing or producing biomethane - the waste industry and the agri-led industry. Bord na Móna is a member of the Renewable Gas Forum Ireland, RGFI, and we are working closely with it to develop that in the waste sector. There are opportunities for all parties. In decarbonising agriculture, for example, there is an opportunity to help decarbonise heat. No one sector will deliver enough, though. We need a clear policy that supports biomethane from wherever it comes.