61 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Public Enterprise if consideration has been given to replacing the peat-fired power station in Ferbane, County Offaly, with a cleaner and more sustainably fuelled wood-fired power station, in view of the potential for growing the fuel locally as copiced short rotation forestry which could stimulate the rural economy and absorb resulting carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. [10387/00]

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61 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Public Enterprise if consideration has been given to replacing the peat-fired power station in Ferbane, County Offaly, with a cleaner and more sustainably fuelled wood-fired power station, in view of the potential for growing the fuel locally as copiced short rotation forestry which could stimulate the rural economy and absorb resulting carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. [10387/00]

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