Dáil debates

Thursday, 19 January 2023

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation

 

1:00 pm

Photo of Ciarán CannonCiarán Cannon (Galway East, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

All parties in the Oireachtas support the development of the climate action plan which, in turn, provides for the development of renewable energy sources. I refer to two technologies in particular, namely, wind energy and anaerobic digestion or biogas energy. We readily acknowledge that incorrectly or poorly sited wind energy developments can be seriously injurious to people's health and quality of life and indeed to the environment, and consequently we have developed guidelines in respect of the siting of wind energy projects. There are no guidelines in respect of the siting of biogas or anaerobic digestion facilities, however. We urgently need similar guidelines to be developed for these facilities. It is sound technology but, for example, I refer to the recent proposal for an industrial 25 acre biogas facility to be sited at the edge of Gort, a rural town in the Burren lowlands.

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