Marcella Corcoran Kennedy (Offaly, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Similar to Deputy Pringle, I will speak to the environmental measures. During the hearings of the Joint Committee on Climate Action, the introduction of schemes that enhance the role that the farming community can play in regard to efforts to drive down emissions was flagged as significant. Are there proposals in the Government's climate action report or the committee's climate action report which the Department will be championing? There are farmers who are keen to get involved in solar farming and others who are keen to diversify into tree planting. As custodians of the environment, farmers are interested in implementing environmental measures and have been very positive on proposals in that regard. What approach will the Minister or the Department take in terms of feeding into that interest?

On the Finnish priorities around fishing, is there scope for inland waterways and the production of fish? In regard to Bord na Móna's work in this area in the midlands, is there scope for the farming community to engage in that work?