Taoiseach did not meet experts urging applying for EU biomethane funds

Ireland is one of just two European countries which have failed to apply for that funding, a fact acknowledged last week by Environment Minister Eamon Ryan in the Dáil

Micheál Martin received an invitation in mid-March from energy consultant and former Fianna Fáil MEP Kieran Hartley to meet with a group of energy experts regarding REPowerEU

The Taoiseach was personally petitioned to hold a meeting with energy experts regarding a landmark European Commission funding initiative aimed at ensuring the continuity of energy supply but declined to do so.

Micheál Martin received an invitation in mid-March from energy consultant and former Fianna Fáil MEP Kieran Hartley to meet with a group of energy experts regarding REPowerEU – a then recently-launched €210bn funding programme commenced in the wake of the outbreak of war between Ukraine and Russia and aimed at reducing the EU’s dependency on Russian gas.