Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 11 October 2023

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine

Challenges Facing the Fruit and Vegetable Industry: Discussion

Photo of Paul DalyPaul Daly (Fianna Fail)
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To follow on from Deputy Mythen's point about Keelings’ power or heat generation, has it ever considered anaerobic digestion? There has been a lot of discussion of the circular economy and within the larger horticultural and agricultural sector, the byproduct is a good nutrient. If you were taking slurry from a dairy farmer, that would be a win-win situation for everybody. Has Keelings considered that route?