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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Anaerobic Digestion: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Oct 2025)
Aindrias Moynihan: It was in Galway.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Anaerobic Digestion: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Oct 2025)
Aindrias Moynihan: Is the Ballinrobe example an exception or are there other situations going on where there is strong engagement and no, or few, issues are emerging?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Anaerobic Digestion: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Oct 2025)
Aindrias Moynihan: The plant has the capacity to go straight into the mains.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Anaerobic Digestion: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Oct 2025)
Aindrias Moynihan: I am watching my time and want to get one or two other members.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Anaerobic Digestion: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Oct 2025)
Aindrias Moynihan: Is that leakage gas or is it-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Anaerobic Digestion: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Oct 2025)
Aindrias Moynihan: I have another quick question. The output from these plants can be gas or gas converted to electric or going to a mains pipeline. Is there a view on the outputs? Is there a preference or has the conversation taken place? Is there a preferred output from plants such as this?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Anaerobic Digestion: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Oct 2025)
Aindrias Moynihan: Senator Brady's time was cut short earlier. Does he want to make a brief contribution?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Anaerobic Digestion: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Oct 2025)
Aindrias Moynihan: We need to finish up as another group of witnesses is waiting to present. I thank the representatives of the National Biogas Concern Group for their input and engagement. If there are points they did not have the opportunity to make or questions that are unanswered, they might write to the committee and their contribution will be taken as part of our considerations.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Anaerobic Digestion: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Oct 2025)
Aindrias Moynihan: The Deputy will have an opportunity to put questions.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Anaerobic Digestion: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Oct 2025)
Aindrias Moynihan: I draw to the attention of the witnesses that, when giving evidence from within the parliamentary precincts, they are protected by absolute privilege in respect of the evidence they give to the committee. This means that a witness has a full defence in any defamation action for anything said at the committee meeting. However, witnesses are expected not to abuse the privilege and may be...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Anaerobic Digestion: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Oct 2025)
Aindrias Moynihan: They have undertaken work to get data from Teagasc.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Anaerobic Digestion: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Oct 2025)
Aindrias Moynihan: I need to move on. Deputy Healy-Rae has the floor.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Anaerobic Digestion: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Oct 2025)
Aindrias Moynihan: The Deputy is leaving no time for an answer.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Anaerobic Digestion: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Oct 2025)
Aindrias Moynihan: The Deputy is leaving no time for the witnesses to answer his question.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Anaerobic Digestion: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Oct 2025)
Aindrias Moynihan: I ask the witnesses to answer in the time available.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Anaerobic Digestion: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Oct 2025)
Aindrias Moynihan: Will the Deputy give the witnesses an opportunity to answer?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Anaerobic Digestion: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Oct 2025)
Aindrias Moynihan: We need to move on to Senator Collins.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Anaerobic Digestion: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Oct 2025)
Aindrias Moynihan: I have one or two quick questions. The implementation group is developing guidelines. How high level or low level does it see those guidelines being? Will they define setback distances and the type of digestate that will go in to the plants or will it be a fairly high-level concept? What level of guidelines is envisaged? The group has already started on these guidelines but they are not...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Anaerobic Digestion: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Oct 2025)
Aindrias Moynihan: Does that mean the Department would be releasing guidelines chapter by chapter or in one big bang?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Anaerobic Digestion: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Oct 2025)
Aindrias Moynihan: On the feedstock, the officials are not talking about starting with grass but with food waste, slurries and so on. At some point we will reach a threshold when we will be looking towards grass.