Denis Naughten (Longford-Roscommon, Fine Gael)

The Minister of State talked about 160,000 litres of biofuel but how long would the Government mercs run on that? They would not get as far as the gate. It is impractical and it cannot be implemented.

As regards the nitrates directive, the Minister spoke yesterday about the farm waste management scheme and said there was €43 million available for that.

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