Denis Naughten (Roscommon-Galway, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I wish to make a brief point. Deputy Murphy is right. There is an extraordinary challenge here. We have to take carbon out of our economy in the next 400 months. At EU level we are currently negotiating the targets for the next 160 months up to 2030. That means Deputy Murphy and myself must work together with the communities in our constituencies and in the adjoining counties of Longford, Westmeath and Offaly to provide alternatives to peat-fired electricity generation.

I believe biomass is the solution to that by maintaining jobs within Bord na Móna as well as providing additional cash income to many local small farmers on marginal holdings.

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