Mr. Tim Cullinan:

One of the Deputy's comments was interesting. He said that farmers are always looking at new initiatives. This has been around for quite a while. I do not know if I want to welcome Deputy O'Sullivan's initiative in bringing a Bill forward around this. As has been mentioned today, we are dealing with so many Departments in the area, which is slowing down the process. We need a Bill and legislation coming through the Houses of the Oireachtas that is going to speed up the process, if we are interested in doing it. On the feedstocks, we need to be careful about using grass. We need to take into consideration where we are in the world today. There is a war in Ukraine and there is huge concern out there around food security. We need to strike a proper balance.

Because of where Ireland is, ours is an excellent country for producing food, and we do not want to lose sight of that. It is very important. Deputy O'Rourke mentioned sustainability. That is very important, but there are three legs to that stool. The economic leg is very important for primary producers and farmers. We understand absolutely our environmental obligations. If going into this process will improve what we are doing about the environment, that is very important. There is also, however, the social aspect to all this. It is very important we bring the people in rural communities, not only farmers but also people living in rural communities, with us. There has been a huge drive for people to come back to live in rural Ireland. We have seen all that has gone on since Covid, and that is very important as well.

If you do not mind, Chairman, my colleague, Mr. O'Brien, would like to say a word as well.