Mr. Paddy Phelan:

It is a very good question. To link it back it to bioenergy, we look at the bio-economy and all the achievements there in terms of added value within that supply chain itself, and not just the food element but the combinations around proteins, wheys and all these elements of improved value chains. Coming back to bioenergy and the circular economy, with my south-east energy hat on and looking at the south-east region, we completed a resource assessment of potential energy or, as we say in the science terms, the potential energy we could convert using technologies. As a nation we import in excess of 86% or 87% of our total energy. We have identified that in the different sectors, through the aggregation of existing residues from existing activities in agriculture, industry or the food sector, the potential for that region alone is as much of 37%. That is just with existing residues and not creating any new or more. While fundamentally we want to deliver increased percentages of renewable energy, it is important to appreciate and look around us in our homes and businesses to see the potential energy that can be converted at scale. With the opportunities around infrastructure and expediting the capacities, it is fundamental that we build all the infrastructure required - solid, liquid and gas, as well as electrical - to enable our economies to decarbonise.