Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 17 December 2019

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine

Teagasc Annual Report 2018: Discussion

Professor Gerry Boyle:

I might address that. There are several mechanisms. Firstly, we worked very closely with the Department in the preparation of the climate action plan. Most of the measures in the plan relating to agriculture stem, one way or another, from our research work. That is one channel. In addition, Food Wise 2025 is implemented through a steering group of which I am a member. All the CEOs of State bodies involved in agriculture sit on that committee and it is chaired by the Minister and climate action is a central plank in that process. Since the publication of the climate action plan, additional steering groups, of which we are members, have been set up. We work very closely, therefore, with the Department on this area.

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