Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 20 June 2023
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action
Decarbonisation of the Heat Sector: Discussion (Resumed)
Ruairí Ó Murchú (Louth, Sinn Fein)
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-----the general Dundalk area and whether we are talking about kilometres rather than 1 km, which would provide considerable bandwidth.
The regulation or legislation is necessary so that we do not continue with the problem that we have created, which even Britain has dealt with but we have not. Unfortunately, we are still slow to react. The information I got from that developer is correct. It was the European Commission's view that woodchip, biomass and whatever are not sustainable for the long term across Europe.