Alan Kelly (Tipperary North, Labour)
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164. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government for details of the dates and attendees of all meetings if the Biomethane Implementation Group, which is implementing the national biomethane strategy, chaired by his Department. [35315/25]

Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal East, Fianna Fail)
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To assist in the achievement of our national and EU climate and energy targets, the Government has committed to supporting the production of up to 5.7 TWh of indigenously produced biomethane annually by 2030. A first step to realising this ambition was the publication of the National Biomethane Strategy, which sets out 25 key strategic actions and outlines the necessary supports needed to drive growth across the biomethane sector.

Chaired by my Department, the Biomethane Implementation Group oversees implementation of the strategy and monitors overall target delivery. The Implementation Group consists of relevant Government Departments, Agencies and industry representative groups, including the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine; the Department of Enterprise, Tourism and Employment; the Department of Transport; the Commission for Regulation of Utilities; Teagasc; the Environmental Protection Agency; the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland; the Renewable Gas Forum Ireland; the Irish BioEnergy Association; Gas Networks Ireland; and Enterprise Ireland.

The Group has met four times since its formation in 2024 (September and December 2024, March and May 2025) and will meet again in September 2025.

It continues to engage with action owners and key stakeholders to finalise a full progress report which will provide an update on key deliverables, including publication of the Biomethane Charter, and development of the Biomethane Information Hub and Communications Strategy.

It is expected that the progress report will be published on Gov.ie shortly.