Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 21 November 2019

Public Accounts Committee

2018 Annual Report of the Accounts of the Public Services
Chapter 9 - Greenhouse Gas-Related Financial Transactions: Discussion (Resumed)

9:00 am

Mr. Brian Carroll:

I am not a scientist. The current national policy position is to have an 80% reduction in carbon emissions from the energy system. That is the policy position the Government agreed in 2014. An approach to carbon neutrality in agriculture was agreed. Within the policy position, we already have differential treatment in respect of agriculture. I also mentioned that the European Commission recognised the limited mitigation potential of agriculture in 2014 and the importance of food security. With regard to framing longer-term targets, all those factors will have to be taken into consideration.

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