Results 161-180 of 8,400 for speaker:Michael Fitzmaurice
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Anaerobic Digestion: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Oct 2025)
Michael Fitzmaurice: -----or it does not.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Anaerobic Digestion: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Oct 2025)
Michael Fitzmaurice: Can I have that figure again now?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Anaerobic Digestion: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Oct 2025)
Michael Fitzmaurice: There are 3,000 loads per year or in 365 days. Would that be fair to say?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Anaerobic Digestion: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Oct 2025)
Michael Fitzmaurice: I thank the witnesses for coming in. Concerns would be raised about regulation in the area of planning. You could get a planning decision for you in one place and against you in another. Are there specifics for proximity to roads or set-back distances from houses, no more than there are for wind turbines? Is the Department looking at anything in that regard? The witnesses can answer that...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Anaerobic Digestion: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Oct 2025)
Michael Fitzmaurice: Are those guidelines there for us to look at?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Anaerobic Digestion: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Oct 2025)
Michael Fitzmaurice: I mean the guidelines the Department is developing.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Anaerobic Digestion: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Oct 2025)
Michael Fitzmaurice: Can the committee see them?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Anaerobic Digestion: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Oct 2025)
Michael Fitzmaurice: In its submission, the Department referred to grasslands moving to alternative uses. I have followed that idea for a good while. I understand that slurry and chicken litter are pretty good options. The committee was out with An Bord Bia, which stated it could not afford to pay for grass coming into it. I would not be an admirer of too much grass cutting because we need it for cattle. If...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Anaerobic Digestion: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Oct 2025)
Michael Fitzmaurice: I do not buy that with the Department. In studying AD, you need grass at a certain height. We are not going to go into every 5 acre field for 40 miles around and pull 5 acres. You have to have 500 or 600 acres that you cut in one go, in a second go and a third go. At a certain height, a contractor is appointed. That is taking grass out of production, to be quite frank about it, no matter...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Anaerobic Digestion: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Oct 2025)
Michael Fitzmaurice: How much? That is what I am asking.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Anaerobic Digestion: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Oct 2025)
Michael Fitzmaurice: How much of a purse is there?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Anaerobic Digestion: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Oct 2025)
Michael Fitzmaurice: That would mean eight per year. Is that correct?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Anaerobic Digestion: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Oct 2025)
Michael Fitzmaurice: Some of them were smaller. Is that right?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Anaerobic Digestion: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Oct 2025)
Michael Fitzmaurice: In the line of the farmer-led one, Mr. Seán Finan was before the committee. Mr. Brendan Gildea is near my neck of the woods. He has built one and it is impressive. The fund for that looks to be very low. Is there €3 million or €4 million available? How is it that the Department does not encourage more of that?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Anaerobic Digestion: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Oct 2025)
Michael Fitzmaurice: I am on about the budget.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Anaerobic Digestion: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Oct 2025)
Michael Fitzmaurice: How much is the budget?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Anaerobic Digestion: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Oct 2025)
Michael Fitzmaurice: There is no grant.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Anaerobic Digestion: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Oct 2025)
Michael Fitzmaurice: The Department is generally looking at large-scale projects. Is that right?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Anaerobic Digestion: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Oct 2025)
Michael Fitzmaurice: Is there an obligation coming in, under the climate action plan, that 10% of all gas will have to be renewable?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Anaerobic Digestion: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Oct 2025)
Michael Fitzmaurice: Am I right that the Department has some dream of importing some of that? Is that right?