Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 17 November 2021

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine

Carbon Sequestration and Storage in Agriculture: Discussion

Photo of Jackie CahillJackie Cahill (Tipperary, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I will let the Deputy in during the next session with Teagasc. We have been here for nearly twice the time allotted for this. It shows the significant concern about this debate. There is a lack of research about this. When we get our ducks in a row, we will have a good story to tell about this. As we have said, when comparing the landscape of this country to that of other countries, we have a far different, greener landscape. More research will portray our production in a better light.

There is significant necessity for afforestation. Whatever environmental scheme is agreed under the next CAP, it is imperative that it is married into afforestation. Under GLAS, there was a bar on afforestation. If there is to be any attempt to meet our target for afforestation, the environmental scheme has to be married with forestry. It is in all our interests to increase carbon sequestration to reduce emissions. It is essentially to marry those two things together.

I thank the witnesses. I apologise for cutting this short. We have taken nearly double the available time. We will suspend so the next witnesses can come in.

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