Written answers
Wednesday, 17 January 2024
Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
Environmental Policy
David Stanton (Cork East, Fine Gael)
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127. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 118 of 21 November 2023, to provide an update on the development of the National Biomethane Strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1721/24]
Eamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party)
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The National Biomethane Strategy is being developed around a number of key pillars to ensure that the necessary pathway to the delivery of 5.7TWh of indigenously produced biomethane by 2030 is established.
The Strategy is currently at an advanced stage of drafting and a draft will be submitted to Government for consideration prior to publication. The Strategy is being developed under the remit of the Biomethane Working Group, chaired by the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine and in conjunction with my Department.
The Working Group has undertaken examination of the actions necessary to develop an anaerobic digestion industry of scale in Ireland. Extensive analysis on the best end use of biomethane has also been conducted, paying particular focus on production in a sustainable manner.
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