Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 22 January 2019

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development

Joint Meeting of the Joint Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine and the Joint Committee on Rural and Community Development
Common Agricultural Policy: Discussion

Mr. Jack Nolan:

Yes, they are. In the future there will, potentially, be more measures as research is ongoing. Teagasc originally produced the marginal abatement cost curve seven or eight years ago but it has updated the data recently. We are saying that these measures need to be implemented on the ground and as they are implemented, we will see an improvement, along with forestry, as was mentioned earlier. There is also potential for carbon sequestration on peat soils. Certain peat soils, comprising approximately 40,000 ha where there are high organic matter levels, will store carbon.

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