Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 12 December 2018

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action

Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed)

12:30 pm

Mr. Joe Healy:

There was one other point. We are producing 40% more from farms at the moment than we were in 1990 but the amount of carbon being produced has flatlined. We are at the same level as 1990. We are down in carbon emissions from agriculture since 1998. Figures came out the other day. Emissions were 22.4 million tonnes in 1998 and that figure was 20.2 million tonnes last year. There is a lot of very efficient work being done and that is a result of science, research and genetics and we can build further on that, particularly in light of the Teagasc report that was launched in June.

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