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Cross-sectoral support is critical. In 2011, a predecessor to this joint committee produced a report on the benefits and opportunities for anaerobic digestion. We are here 12 years later. It is excellent to be here and to have this conversation but it shows how long it takes a sector like this to make progress. Cross-sectoral support is important. The committee is vital because agriculture is relevant. Deputy Leddin's committee is relevant because support schemes relate to the Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications. The Department of Transport is relevant. Getting through the planning system relates to another Department. We are joined by a former Minister with responsibility for communities, Deputy Ring. Communities feed into this too. We need the whole of government collectively behind this. Individual schemes are necessary in each segment but we need cross-sectoral support.