Mr. Tim Cullinan:

It is very important. This is a huge investment, so we need to be very careful. We all understand that we need to move forward and a new industry is very important for the sector. However, we need Government intervention as well. This is new for the vast majority of farmers. A number of farmers understand this. In the general scheme of things, however, it is a new system that we are asking farmers to get involved in. We will need Government intervention. There will have to be a proper grant structure. Again, it is very important and we would like to work with the Deputy on this Bill as well. It is very important that we bring the Bill forward. All the agencies coming together and working together would be very beneficial.

Again, the Deputy made the point on the circular economy. That is very important. One area that was not raised here today was what we will do with the back end of all of this - the digestate. It is a huge volume and it costs a lot to truck it out there as well. We need to be looking at the technologies in extracting the ammonia and perhaps using precision farming and applying that ammonia to the grassland. That is another area we need to look at as well. There will be a substantial cost involved in all of this. We have to map it out and see where it will bring us.