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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?

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

Michael Fitzmaurice: Would Mr. O'Sullivan agree that this will not come about unless there is a feed-in tariff? I have been to Banbridge to look at an AD system. I have done a fair bit of research on this. If there is no feed-in tariff there is nothing. Am I right in saying green grass is better than silage?

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

Michael Fitzmaurice: We are getting information now that there is a new AD coming in. I spoke to a guy who was in Germany for six months and tests have been done there that show the green grass is working out better.

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

Michael Fitzmaurice: My understanding was that GNI had earmarked three parts of the country where it would have feed-in to the gas system. Am I right in saying that it is considering Athenry or somewhere similar in the west of Ireland to put in a point where the gas can be fed in?

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

Michael Fitzmaurice: For the sake of argument, would it not better to use grass? Is it correct to say the carbon that can be extracted from grass could be used in producing a pint, for example, or other drinks? It could perhaps be sold to the drinks companies that might buy it.

Financial Resolutions 2019 - Financial Resolution No. 9: General (Resumed) (10 Oct 2019)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I agree with much of the second part of Deputy Penrose's contribution. On the budget, anybody would welcome the extension to the threshold for medical card holders aged over 70 and for children under eight years of age to access a doctor or dental treatment. The worrying part is that we now hear doctors stating that nothing was agreed, so I presume that needs to be resolved. When we go...