Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 28 June 2022

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action

Sectoral Emissions Ceilings: Discussion

Mr. Dale Crammond:

Approximately 10% of methane in Ireland is in manure form so it is not like a confined system production. Half the methane in California is in the manure so the potential is much greater; it is limited in terms of what we can abate from the manure. Where it may have a role is if it was to displace livestock. If farmers no longer produce beef but grow grass for a feedstock, the big emissions abatement would occur from the displacement of that livestock.