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Anaerobic Digestion (National Strategy) Bill 2023
- Sponsor
- Christopher O'Sullivan · Fianna Fáil
- Introduced
- 25 Oct 2023
- Last updated
- 14 Nov 2024
What this bill does AI · claude-haiku-4-5-20251001
- Minister creates national anaerobic digestion strategy covering agricultural, industrial, hospitality and domestic uses to increase renewable energy and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
- Strategy enables waste organic matter conversion to biogas and fertiliser through sealed reactor facilities, with potential farmer co-operative models sharing energy dividends.
- Minister empowered to make regulations supporting strategy implementation; Ireland currently has 13 digesters versus Germany's 10,000.
Stage timeline What do these stages mean?
- First Stage 33rd Dáil25 Oct 2023
Debates
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