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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development: Departmental Outputs and Expenditure - Vote 42: Minister for Rural and Community Development (16 Oct 2019)

Michael Fitzmaurice: Would his Department consider a pilot scheme where community groups would make an application as well as councils make theirs? Let it be done via two avenues. The Department could get a subcontractor in to do a road, which may work out cheaper. Would this be possible?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development: Departmental Outputs and Expenditure - Vote 42: Minister for Rural and Community Development (16 Oct 2019)

Michael Fitzmaurice: There is a worry about that. Let us consider, for example, a housing estate that has not been taken over by the council. Deputy Canney might remember that he was not allowed to put the money into works. No more than a road that is not a council road, there could be an obstacle there that may need to be checked out.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Oct 2019)

Michael Fitzmaurice: According to Met Éireann, as a result of the amount of rainfall since August, the ground is saturated. Farmers do not want to spread slurry at the moment, because when the ground is saturated, there is a risk of it running into rivers. The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine this morning stated there will be no extension. The Minister should be clear that there is slurry in...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Oct 2019)

Michael Fitzmaurice: Is there a helpline?

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Carbon Tax Implementation (15 Oct 2019)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 145. To ask the Minister for Finance if the increase in the carbon tax immediately applies to white diesel, green diesel and kerosene; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42021/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Carbon Tax Exemptions (15 Oct 2019)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 146. To ask the Minister for Finance if an exemption exists within the tax system regarding the increase in the carbon tax for an agricultural contractor who is carrying out agricultural work for a farmer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42022/19]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Industry (15 Oct 2019)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 481. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the four month notice to change weight requirements for the in-spec bonus applies to Kepak in view of the decision to publish its weight penalties for the various cattle categories (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42020/19]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Gas Networks Ireland's Vision 2050: Discussion (15 Oct 2019)

Michael Fitzmaurice: Is there one CNG depot in Dublin?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Gas Networks Ireland's Vision 2050: Discussion (15 Oct 2019)

Michael Fitzmaurice: What about in the west of Ireland?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Gas Networks Ireland's Vision 2050: Discussion (15 Oct 2019)

Michael Fitzmaurice: If some guy decides to move to gas, how much would it cost a small operator to buy a lorry that works on gas, to store it in his own depot or yard? Mr. O'Sullivan said GNI can bring it to him.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Gas Networks Ireland's Vision 2050: Discussion (15 Oct 2019)

Michael Fitzmaurice: Is Mr. O'Sullivan saying that unless a person is living near Dublin, working full-time in the west or in the south, it would not be viable for someone with one or two trucks until there was a CNG station?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Gas Networks Ireland's Vision 2050: Discussion (15 Oct 2019)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I understand it costs between €18,000 and €20,000 to change a lorry over.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Gas Networks Ireland's Vision 2050: Discussion (15 Oct 2019)

Michael Fitzmaurice: Have the witnesses compared the Euro 8 diesel engine with the gas? My understanding is that the carbon emissions from them were much the same. Is that right?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Gas Networks Ireland's Vision 2050: Discussion (15 Oct 2019)

Michael Fitzmaurice: How come the diesel hybrid puts out 2,212 g of CO2 per mile whereas natural gas puts out 2,364, according to the tests?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Gas Networks Ireland's Vision 2050: Discussion (15 Oct 2019)

Michael Fitzmaurice: Is GNI involved in setting up some anaerobic digesters down south?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Gas Networks Ireland's Vision 2050: Discussion (15 Oct 2019)

Michael Fitzmaurice: Would I be correct in saying that a person needs 1,500 acres to run a medium to large one?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Gas Networks Ireland's Vision 2050: Discussion (15 Oct 2019)

Michael Fitzmaurice: Some say it is not possible or economically viable where slurry is being used and brought to the processor and put into the anaerobic digester to pellet it down, which makes it good for water quality. Is GNI going down that route?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Gas Networks Ireland's Vision 2050: Discussion (15 Oct 2019)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I am talking about afterwards, when the digestion is finished.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Gas Networks Ireland's Vision 2050: Discussion (15 Oct 2019)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I may have said it but Mr. O'Sullivan did not understand me. After slurry and grass are mixed in the anaerobic digester or the two tanks some people take the slurry out again and go away to a field with it. Is that correct?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Gas Networks Ireland's Vision 2050: Discussion (15 Oct 2019)

Michael Fitzmaurice: Can we not reduce that digestate – I know there is an argument about its economic viability – to be pelleted and reduce it by 60% or 70% to be put out like a fertiliser and that would be good for water quality?