Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 5 July 2022
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action
Anaerobic Digestion: Discussion
Mr. Tim Cullinan:
Senator Boylan made an excellent about food waste. She is right that everybody is striving to reduce food waste and obviously that will put feed stock under pressure, and on her other point about silage, fodder and fodder shortages. Thankfully we do not have those events annually in Ireland, but it is something we have to be conscious of. That is why we must be very careful with the strategy on anaerobic digestion to find a balance here. I believe we need to concentrate on biomethane and generating either transport fuel or heat from biomethane. We must continue the strategy on wind and solar. They are very important as well because we do not need a feed stock to supply a solar panel or a wind turbine. It is about finding the right balance here. We need to take serious stock of what stocks will be available in the country into the future. It is an excellent point.