Matt Carthy (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

That would mean an even greater backlog of timber. Therefore, it will not happen without a big economic cost. That is the point I was trying to make.

We had a good discussion on the role of peatlands in carbon emissions, particularly the peatlands that have been brought into agricultural use. Proportionately it might be a small amount of land, but in some parts of the country entire parishes or even larger areas could be involved. The prospect of it being removed from agriculture entirely is not feasible. This is accounted for under LULUCF and agricultural activity is under agriculture obviously. Is there a comparison of emissions per hectare from peatlands that are in agricultural use versus, for example, intensive dairy? Even though they are under two separate categories, can they be related in any way, if Dr. Lanigan understands my question?