Pat Deering (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Was much consideration given to how we can balance the equation with the Food Harvest 2020 and Food Wise 2025 targets that were set by the agriculture industry in Ireland over the last number of years whereby there has been a large increase in production and targets? For example, there will be an increase of up to 80% in production in the dairy sector and a 50% increase in production in the beef sector between now and 2025. Was much consideration given to the question of how we balance that with the greenhouse gas emissions during the overall discussion?

In addition, one of Professor Matthews's recommendations was a substantial reduction in suckler farming in the country.