Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 22 October 2025
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food
Anaerobic Digestion: Discussion (Resumed)
2:00 am
William Aird (Laois, Fine Gael)
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Will the officials tell us where the 18 are located and whether they have planning permission? My second point is that when Brendan Gildea was in here, his job was completely different to any other job. That was a private job on his farm. He is taking in nothing from anyone else. He is burning his own slurry and throwing straw into it as well. If there is a digester in the town of Portlaoise, what can come into it? I am told all the waste on the waste lorries is coming into them, such as household waste from the brown bins. That is grand and can be understood but is ordinary waste going into it? Can everything go into this?