Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 20 July 2022
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Sectoral Emissions Ceilings: Discussion
Mr. Marc Kierans:
Again as I said the sectorial emissions ceilings have not been settled nor has ministerial responsibility but it is an all-encompassing sector. The direction of travel at the international level is for a combined agricultural and forestry land use sector. The increased intensification of competing land uses displaces other activities. Displacing those activities benefits the sectorial emission reductions for the agricultural sector. I should stress that they are looking at alternative income streams for the agricultural sector to displace the space of current activities.
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