Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Senator Pippa Hackett):

The report of the study is available on the Department's website. We have asked the Irish BioEnergy Association to examine a range of measures, which could end up being very wide. In fact, on our own farm, we ended up pushing the material into a corner and leaving it there because there is energy to suggest that sort of material and green waste will sit there and potentially provide a habitat for small birds and animals. Many farmers would like to do more on their farms, however, and that is just one example. From a bioenergy perspective, there could be options. The Deputy's point about this not costing the farmer further is good. Whatever suggestions we come up with should not prove costly for the farmer.

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