Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 24 March 2022

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine

Joint Meeting with Joint Committee on Environment and Climate Action
Exploring Technologies and Opportunities to Reduce Emissions in the Agriculture Sector: Discussion

Photo of Paul DalyPaul Daly (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I have a couple of questions for Mr. Price based on his presentation this morning, for example with regard to carbon leakage and food security. I get what he has said about the Irish model, but it is proven to be one of the most efficient when it comes to emissions in production per kilogram of beef and per litre of milk. We have a growing population and we need to maintain food security. If we were to follow Mr. Price's advice and reintroduce quotas, etc., the void in the world food market would be filled by somebody else who is not, at present, as efficient as us. I would like to hear Mr. Price's comments on that view.

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