Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 2 July 2019

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs

Bird Population in Ireland: BirdWatch Ireland

Ms Oonagh Duggan:

On Deputy Ó Cúiv's question on intensive farms needing to do their bit, I want to let him know about a project in Cork, which is the Biodiversity Regeneration In a Dairying Environment, BRIDE, project, where Donal Sheehan and other farmers in the Bride Valley with intensive dairy, beef and other farms are trying to set aside up to 10% of their intensive land in order to help biodiversity. This is European innovation project as well and they are doing really good work. The farmers there are lining up to get involved because they want to do a bit more. That is really inspirational. If he is ever down that way, I would strongly advise stopping in because it is great to see such a project.

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