Martin Heydon (Kildare South, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

The only people talking about culling the national herd seem to be from the Opposition. Ultimately, we are talking about a Government climate action plan that sets very ambitious targets for how we reduce our emissions profile while continuing to produce top-quality food, as our farmers do throughout the country. Farmers who made the significant investments the Deputy talked about have been supported by the State through targeted agricultural modernisation scheme grants, and other supports in those areas, in order to be able to produce that food more sustainably into the future. We will continue to support our agriculture and farming sector in doing that.

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