Results 61-80 of 5,242 for speaker:Aindrias Moynihan
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Anaerobic Digestion: Discussion (15 Oct 2025)
Aindrias Moynihan: Quick-fire answers.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Anaerobic Digestion: Discussion (15 Oct 2025)
Aindrias Moynihan: With regard to the network, do the witnesses envisage plants having their own pipelines? What is the plan of the various operators in that regard?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Anaerobic Digestion: Discussion (15 Oct 2025)
Aindrias Moynihan: In order that each plant would have its own connection.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Anaerobic Digestion: Discussion (15 Oct 2025)
Aindrias Moynihan: Does that mean Mr. Phelan envisages a fleet of trucks going from plants to injection points somewhere else?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Anaerobic Digestion: Discussion (15 Oct 2025)
Aindrias Moynihan: It is taking it but not paying for it.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Anaerobic Digestion: Discussion (15 Oct 2025)
Aindrias Moynihan: It is going into the grid but not being paid for.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Anaerobic Digestion: Discussion (15 Oct 2025)
Aindrias Moynihan: I have a couple of questions. Many of the questions I had lined up have probably been answered over the past while. There are restrictions on the raw material that goes to plants. What body is charged with regulating and how often does it monitor what goes to existing plants? Is there a minimum standard set? I take the point that there is pasteurisation to deal with bacteria, but who,...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Anaerobic Digestion: Discussion (15 Oct 2025)
Aindrias Moynihan: Are there on-site inspections of the operating plants and, if so, how often?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Anaerobic Digestion: Discussion (15 Oct 2025)
Aindrias Moynihan: We will come to it; I have a number of questions. A lot of the points that came up earlier were around involvement with the neighbours. I would be more familiar with the development of wind farms. One of the huge things those involved in wind farms have learned to do in more recent years is to engage with the local community, and they run different events ahead of any planning application...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Anaerobic Digestion: Discussion (15 Oct 2025)
Aindrias Moynihan: What I am after is, when you are planning your development, do you engage with your neighbours? It is not about employing them or anything. Are you engaging with the neighbours right from the start like we would have seen with the wind farms?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Anaerobic Digestion: Discussion (15 Oct 2025)
Aindrias Moynihan: Bear with me now; from the developments we have seen, very often what comes from communities is that this is coming aniar aduaidh on them and it is almost divide and conquer. What kind of engagement takes place in advance of a development with the local community?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Anaerobic Digestion: Discussion (15 Oct 2025)
Aindrias Moynihan: Would that be typical of the industry or is it more unique to Mr Finan's-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Anaerobic Digestion: Discussion (15 Oct 2025)
Aindrias Moynihan: Okay.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Anaerobic Digestion: Discussion (15 Oct 2025)
Aindrias Moynihan: A huge amount of ground has been covered. If the witnesses feel that there is additional information they want to forward to the committee or if there are any unanswered questions, please submit them. I need to finish the meeting. The next meeting of the committee will be a private meeting on Tuesday, 21 October at 3 p.m. The next public meeting will be on Wednesday, 22 October, where we...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Anaerobic Digestion: Discussion (15 Oct 2025)
Aindrias Moynihan: We have sheep as well.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Anaerobic Digestion: Discussion (15 Oct 2025)
Aindrias Moynihan: I thank Mr. O'Brien. I am conscious TDs may be drawn out to Dáil business between the tillage debate and the expected vote. We will facilitate that. Members will be in and out. I call Mr. Finan.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Anaerobic Digestion: Discussion (15 Oct 2025)
Aindrias Moynihan: We will continue and we will put someone in the Chair for the voting.
- Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Data (15 Oct 2025)
Aindrias Moynihan: 112. To ask the Minister for Finance the reasoning for the reduction in the farmer’s flat rate payment under VAT from 5.1% to 4.5%. [55806/25]
- Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Diseases (14 Oct 2025)
Aindrias Moynihan: 134. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for an increase in the TB reactor compensation payment to reflect the current market value of cattle; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55030/25]
- Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (14 Oct 2025)
Aindrias Moynihan: 148. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of applications received under the forgotten farmers scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55031/25]