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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