Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 6 November 2025
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy
General Scheme of the Renewable Heat Obligation Bill 2025: Discussion
2:00 am
Ciarán Ahern (Dublin South West, Labour)
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Going back to the costs issue again, the Department has said that ideally, the RHO will get up to 15% or 18%. Presumably that is five, ten or 15 years away. Does the Department expect over that period that from a cost perspective, the price of Irish-produced biomethane may actually reduce, given there will have been a period where more people are coming into the market and producing more of it? Has the Department taken that into its considerations as well?