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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Anaerobic Digestion: Discussion (15 Oct 2025)
Aindrias Moynihan: Thank you, Dr. Nolan. Lastly, I invite Mr. Brendan Gildea to speak.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Anaerobic Digestion: Discussion (15 Oct 2025)
Aindrias Moynihan: I will open the discussion to the floor. This topic has generated a lot of interest, and it sounds like there is huge potential, but I am conscious as well that there are differing views on how it should proceed, or maybe not, and I know members will have a lot of questions. We will meet further witnesses in the future on this as well. I have five members offering: Senator Daly to be...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Anaerobic Digestion: Discussion (15 Oct 2025)
Aindrias Moynihan: We will give the Senator extra time. Who would like to take those questions?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Anaerobic Digestion: Discussion (15 Oct 2025)
Aindrias Moynihan: Before we continue, I will ask Senator Collins to take the Chair.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Anaerobic Digestion: Discussion (15 Oct 2025)
Aindrias Moynihan: I thank Mr. Phelan. I call Mr. Gildea.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Anaerobic Digestion: Discussion (15 Oct 2025)
Aindrias Moynihan: I call Deputy O’Meara.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Anaerobic Digestion: Discussion (15 Oct 2025)
Aindrias Moynihan: We will stick with one speaker. Drive on.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Anaerobic Digestion: Discussion (15 Oct 2025)
Aindrias Moynihan: Will the Deputy make a final point?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Anaerobic Digestion: Discussion (15 Oct 2025)
Aindrias Moynihan: I have yet to get in to speak.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Anaerobic Digestion: Discussion (15 Oct 2025)
Aindrias Moynihan: There were a lot of questions there.
- 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?