Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 23 October 2012

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht

Interim Report on National Climate Change Policy: Discussion with NESC

2:55 pm

Photo of Kevin HumphreysKevin Humphreys (Dublin South East, Labour) | Oireachtas source

The report predicted that Ireland's 2020 targets would be reached. Does this include the forestry sink? There has been a fall-off in forestry planting. At what stage is that element? The forestry sink is allowed under the Kyoto targets but not under the EU 2020 targets. Will Mr. Cahill explain his thinking on that?

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