Pat Rabbitte (Dublin South West, Labour)

We are agreed on the desirability of building a renewable sector that can make a contribution to the targets that we must meet in a European context. I accept that biomass is an aspect of that. I reiterate, however, that I would not be as optimistic as Deputy Pringle in terms of the quantum that will be contributed. That does not mean that it is not important. I accept that it is important in the context of rural development and indigenous employment.

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