Grace O'Sullivan (Green Party) | Oireachtas source

Mr. Healy mentioned Burren Beo, the farming project which is a very good model that has had a tourism spin-off in that the farmers interact with tourists. Following on from what Deputy Eamon Ryan said, what we in the Green Party are saying is that in many cases we are very close and aligned. I come from a dairy farming background myself and I have always seen farmers as the custodians of the countryside. I am delighted to hear the witnesses are coming into the environmental arena. I very much welcome the opening up of that conversation.